Okinawa Peace Prayer Museum

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.

It was established as a peace prayer park in Mabuni, Itoman, the site of the end of the Okinawa War, and serves as a base for transmitting wishes for permanent peace. In the garden, there are many places to inscribe in the heart, such as the Okinawa Prefectural Peace Prayer Museum, the cornerstone of peace [Ishiji], the Okinawa Peace Prayer Hall, the National Okinawa War Veterans Cemetery and the memorial towers of each prefecture. There is a Wi-Fi free spot at the park office. 100 yen (Saturday, Sunday, and public holidays) for each of the in-park EV buses.

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.