Peace Prayer Park

A towering chalk building within the Peace Prayer Park. Constructed as a symbol of the desire for peace and mourning for the war dead of all Okinawans and others. In the hall, there is a focus on the statue of Okinawa Peace Prayer, which was created by an artist from Okinawa, Masayama Yamada for over 18 years. "War and Peace", a series of paintings created by Nishimura Tateo [Nishimura Keiyu] with a thought for peace, adorns the walls. There is also a museum that displays large works given by prominent painters who agree with the idea of the prayer hall, and a Kiyira butterfly garden that houses some of the country's largest butterflies and giant butterflies. A bronze statue of a "boy" by sculptor Tadayoshi Sato is installed on the site. Take 30 minutes.

A museum located in the Peace Prayer Park on the southern island of Okinawa. It displays various materials on the Battle of Okinawa with the intent of appealing the cruelty of war and the value of peace from the perspective of the people. The permanent exhibition hall on the second floor is divided into five exhibition rooms: "Road to the Battle of Okinawa", "Iron Windstorm", "Battlefields of Hell", "Testimony" and "Quarterly of the Pacific". It is an exhibit that conveys to posterity the actual situation of the Battle of Okinawa from the perspective of Okinawan people. There is a children and process exhibition room on the first floor as a zone to look out for the future, where you can learn about the diversity of the world through the life of 18 children from 18 countries. Use of the first floor is free.

Inside the Peace Prayer Park. A number of cenotapes line the area around Mabuni Hill, which became the last battleground of the Battle of Okinawa, so as not to forget its times of tragedy and terror. On the hill, there are monuments to the National Okinawa War Veterans Cemetery, which enshrined the remains of the war dead that had been enshrined in various places, and memorial towers of each prefecture. There stands a statue of three boys, built with the thoughts of peace, friendship, and sibling love. Right beside it is the Okinawa Normal Kenjino Tower. The men's section of the Okinawa Normal School, 289, who were killed in the war on Okinawa, and 17 of the head of the school and other staff members are enshrined. The daimeito stand on the 32nd Army Commander Lieutenant General Mitsuru Ushijima and the Chief of the Military Staff, Lieutenant General Chung Isamu, on top of the 32nd Army Command bunker that they had been muffled until the end of it.