Pearl Harbour and the New Japanese Invasion

Before setting sail on our Hawaiian cruise, we had an important stop to make. As well as being famed for its beautiful surfing beaches, Waikiki is also home to Pearl Harbour, where the Japanese bombed the US navy in 1941.
The site is now a monument to the battle, and a particularly interesting part is the wreck of the USS Arizona, now a major US memorial.
To reach it, you take a naval run ferry out to the remains. Above it is a rectangular gallery, but if you look down beneath the water, you can clearly see the remains of the rusted carcass below. Oil still trickles up onto the surface of the water, which the Americans say is the tears of the 1,700+ men who perished below.
The only Japanese invaders today, of course, are the huge tour groups who visit Australia and Hawaii in their droves. It seemed very appropriate, on this occasion at least, that they came to remember too.