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The Peace Memorial Museum, Peace Prayer Park, and the Cornerstone of Peace were established in 1975 on Mabuni Hill, next to the "Suicide Cliffs" where the Battle of Okinawa ended. [1] The Cornerstone of Peace is a semi-circular avenue of stones engraved with the names of all the dead from the Battle of Okinawa, organized by nationality (or by ...
The line spanned 12 kilometres (7.5 mi). The Okinawa Prefectural Railways Itoman Line was established in 1924 and operated until 1945. [3] [4] Itoman was the final front of the Battle of Okinawa in World War II. The area saw enormous casualties to both military forces and civilians.
Okinawa Prefectural Peace Park. The site chosen for the memorial is Mabuni Hill in Itoman City, site of the Japanese headquarters and scene of heavy fighting in late June 1945 at the end of the Battle of Okinawa. [2] [9] [10] The area forms part of the Okinawa Senseki Quasi-National Park (沖縄戦跡国定公園). [11]
Himeyuri Peace Museum (ひめゆり平和祈念資料館, Himeyuri Heiwa Kinen Shiryōkan) opened in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan in 1989. Located within Okinawa Senseki Quasi-National Park , it is dedicated to the Himeyuri Student Corps during the Battle of Okinawa and to the ideal of Peace .
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