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Near the Himeyuri site, Seesa lions with masks.Jan 09, 2021
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Poetry by Ii Fumiko (1917–2004 井伊文子) who was a great granddaughter of the last Ryukyu King, Sho Tai. She was married to the mayor of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture who was a descendant of the Ii Clan.井伊文子の歌碑Jan 09, 2021
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Statue of a Himeyuri high school student nurse.Jan 09, 2021
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Himeyuri Cenotaph site is very rocky.Jan 09, 2021
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Origami at Himeyuri Cenotaph site.Jan 09, 2021
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Himeyuri Peace Museum courtyard.Jan 09, 2021
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Himeyuri Peace Museum courtyard.Jan 09, 2021
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Himeyuri Peace Museum courtyard.Jan 09, 2021
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Himeyuri Peace Museum layout. Photography not allowed inside the museum.Jan 09, 2021
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About the Himeyuri Peace Museum. It opened in June 1989.Jan 09, 2021
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Near the Himeyuri Cenotaph is the Himeyuri Peace Museum. The building was modeled after one of the Himeyuri schools. ひめゆり平和祈念資料館http://www.himeyuri.or.jp/EN/info.htmlJan 09, 2021
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Sekishin Cenotaph 赤心之塔Jan 09, 2021
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Iwa-makura Monument has a tanka poem by Nakasone Seizen who was one of the teachers of the Himeyuri students. いわまくら碑Jan 09, 2021
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About the Himeyuri Cenotaph in English.Jan 09, 2021
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The cave goes down deep by 14 meters. They used a ladder for access.Jan 09, 2021
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Below the Himeyuri monument, this cave is one of numerous natural caves in this area where the student nurses and local people took shelter. Jan 09, 2021
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The white Himeyuri Cenotaph was renovated in 2009.Jan 09, 2021
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Himeyuri Cenotaph (white). The white monument is more recent, also inscribed with an updated list of names of the deceased student nurses and stores their remains in the back.Jan 09, 2021
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Himeyuri Cenotaph (white) and older monuments. Seen on the left is the Himeyuri Peace Museum. 第三外科壕Jan 09, 2021
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Original Himeyuri Cenotaph monument built here in 1946.Jan 09, 2021
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The two monuments were also placed here in 1946 inscribed with the names of the deceased student nurses.Himeyuri student nurses were Okinawan high school conscripts trained by the Japanese Army to serve at the Army Field Hospital which was a muddy and filthy underground bunker in a place called Haebaru from late March 1945. The hospital was slightly north of this area. As US forces advanced south, the hospital and nurses evacuated south to this area. Patients who couldn't walk overnight to evacuate were left behind.Jan 09, 2021
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Himeyuri Cenotaph (white) built in 1957 and older monuments. The small stone monument on the right is the original Himeyuri Monument that was placed here in 1946. ひめゆりの塔This monument stands over the entrance of the cave where 80 people died on June 19, 1945 when US troops searching for Japanese soldiers threw in white phosphorus grenades. It's like a smoke bomb that suffocates people. Those who died included 38 Himeyuri high school student nurses and four of their teachers. US troops didn't know who were in the caves.Jan 09, 2021
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Origami displayJan 09, 2021
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Monument for medical staff who died in the Battle of Okinawa.Jan 09, 2021
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Monument for the Army Field Hospital's Third Surgical Staff. Jan 09, 2021
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Monument for the medical staff who died in the Battle of Okinawa. Jan 09, 2021
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Monument for the land donation.Jan 09, 2021
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Harry Shinichi Gima worked as an engineer on a US military base in Okinawa and visited Himeyuri Monument in 1951. He wanted the story and place to be presented more properly, so he quietly donated the money to the Himeyuri Alumini Association to buy the land.

This area was originally just a grassy area. None of the asphalt or cement we see here today. The land was privately owned.
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Monument for Harry Shinichi Gima (儀間真一), an Okinawan-American nisei from Hawaii who donated money to buy the land here to build the Himeyuri memorials and museum. His parents immigrated to Hawaii from Yomitan.Jan 09, 2021
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The war's progression.Jan 09, 2021
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About the Himeyuri-no-Tou monuments.Jan 09, 2021
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Map of Himeyuri Monument site.Jan 09, 2021
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Himeyuri Chronology, inscribed with what happened here.Jan 09, 2021
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Himeyuri Monument and Cenotaph is one of Okinawa's most famous war sites and memorials.Jan 09, 2021
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Entrance to Himeyuri Monument and Cenotaph (ひめゆり慰霊碑) in southern Okinawa in the city of Itoman. Building on the left is a flower vendor (closed).Jan 09, 2021
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"Life is a Treasure..."Jan 09, 2021
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Slabs for 14,000+ Americans who died in Okinawa.Jan 09, 2021
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Names of 14,000+ Americans who died in Okinawa.Jan 09, 2021
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Names of 14,000+ Americans who died in Okinawa.Jan 09, 2021
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About the Cornerstone of Peace.Jan 09, 2021
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Mabuni CliffJan 09, 2021
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Flame of Peace in the world map. Japan can be seen in the map. 平和の火 Jan 09, 2021
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Flame of Peace in the world map. 平和の火Jan 09, 2021
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Flame of Peace at the center of the Peace Plaza on the oceanfront. 平和の火Jan 09, 2021
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Map of where people's names are inscribed. Okinawans are inscribed according to their hometowns. Nearby are also war memorials for each prefecture.Jan 09, 2021
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Stone slabs are like folding screens in a slight zig-zag pattern.Jan 09, 2021
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Japanese victims are inscribed by prefecture. Foreign nationals are inscribed by country.Jan 09, 2021
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Stone slabs inscribed with over 240,000 names of people who died in the battle. Civilians and military, Japanese and foreign.Jan 09, 2021
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Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum (沖縄県平和祈念資料館)Jan 09, 2021
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Peace Prayer Memorial Hall in the Okinawa Prefectural Peace Park.Jan 09, 2021
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About the Cornerstone of Peace. http://www.peace-museum.pref.okinawa.jp/Jan 09, 2021
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Walking to the Cornerstone of Peace.Jan 09, 2021
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Map of Cornerstone of Peace witin the Okinawa Peace Prayer Park.Jan 09, 2021
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Cornerstone of Peace (平和の礎) in Mabuni, a large oceanfront memorial park full of these stone slabs inscribed with over 240,000 names of people who died in the battle. Jan 09, 2021
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