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  • Sefa Utaki
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    4.0
    1047 Reviews
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    Okinawa Pref. Nanjoushi Chinen Kudeken
    Sefa Utaki is a historical site located in Nanjo City, Okinawa Prefecture. In December 2000 it was designated as part of the Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu (UNESCO World Heritage Site). Within Sefa Utaki there are six Ibi (sacred areas), from one of which, Sangui, there is a wonderful view of Kudaka Island (known as the “Island of the Gods”). Sefa Utaki is still venerated as a sacred place, and many people come to pray here.

    It is nearby Cape Chinen Park which we whisked by from. The carpark is pretty near the ticket office to purchase admission tickets. Thankfully the staff at the ticket office briefed us on the way to...

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  • The Tower of Himeyuri / Himeyuri Peace Museum
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    4.5
    354 Reviews
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    Okinawa Pref. Itomanshi Ihara 671-1
    Himeyuri Memorial Tower is a cenotaph dedicated to the Himeyuri student corps who died in the Battle of Okinawa. The Himeyuri student corps was a group of 240 students and teachers of the Okinawa Shihan Women's School and Okinawa Daiichi Women's High School who were mobilized as a nursing unit for the Okinawan Army Field Hospital, towards the end of the Pacific War. Following the US military's advance at the end of May, they were withdrawn to the southern part of Okinawa Island, and abruptly disbanded in June. However, over 100 of them lost their lives soon after. In 1989, this museum was established to teach people about the wartime experiences of the Himeyuri student corps. The museum displays exhibits of the Himeyuri student corps personal possessions and photographs. There is also a diorama which is a reproduction of the Ihara Third Surgical Cave Hospital. The museum aims to make people consider war and peace through learning about the Himeyuri student corps' experiences.

    I enjoyed this museum pretty much, in fact more than the Naval museum as the stories here was presented very well and in a thought provoking manner. Having been to numerous war museum and influence...

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  • The Statue of Peace (Itoman City)
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    Okinawa Pref. Itomanshi Kyan
    The Statue of Peace (Itoman City) near Kiyan Light House is located on Cape Kiyan in Itoman City. In October 1951, residents in Kiyan Village collected as many as 10,000 deceased remains of soldiers as well as residents scattered inside the village and on the neighboring beach, and built the statue. In March 1969, it was moved and restored in its current location.
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  • CornerstoneofPeace
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    Okinawa Pref. Itomanshi Mabuni 444 Peace Memorial Park
    The Cornerstone of Peace is located inside the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman City, Okinawa Prefecture and was built to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Pacific War: Battle of Okinawa on June 23, 1995. All the names of the people lost in the Battle of Okinawa and other battles are engraved.
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  • Mabuni Hill
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    Okinawa Pref. Itomanshi Mabuni 444
    A hill where 50 memorial towers from each prefecture of Japan, groups and Okinawa’s war dead are built, it is located inside Peace Memorial Park. The place of the last pocket of resistance during the Pacific War, there is a cliff in the back, and many tourists come to visit it as a place of prayer. In addition, there is also a large lawn, and it is used as a place of relaxation.
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  • Itokazu Abuchiragama
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    Okinawa Pref. Nanjoushi Tamagusuku Itokazu 667-1
    This natural cave is located in the Itokazu area of Tamagusuku, Nanjo City in the southern part of Okinawa’s main island. It was originally a designated evacuation shelter for the Itokazu Village, but it was used as a trench position and warehouse for Japanese troops, and was the location for a branch office of the Haebaru army hospital. One of the places that conveys the actual situation of the war in Okinawa in the present, it is also somewhere that makes you think about war.
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  • Mabuni Hills
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    Okinawa Itoman-shi Mabuni
    This hill in Peace Memorial Park was the site of the final and bloodiest battles of Okinawa. The entire area is a part of Okinawa Senseki Quasi-National Park, the only quasi-national park in Japan comprised of a former battlefield. A number of prefectures and organizations have erected memorials here with the hope that this era of tragedy and terror is never forgotten. The National Cemetery for the War Dead in Okinawa on the top of the hill inters the bones of those killed during the battle. A statue of three young men representing peace, friendship, and the love between teachers and students has also been erected there.
  • Kaigungo Park
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    4.0
    75 Reviews
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    Okinawa Pref. Tomigusukushi Tomigusuku 236

    This is another park with long sliders. It builds from the hillside. But I found that the blue slider working not very well so I cannot slide properly. Maybe I am too heavy. :D

  • Hakubainoto
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    Okinawa Pref. Itomanshi Kuniyoshi
  • Tower Noriyuki peace
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    Okinawa Prefecture Itoman
  • Soul Noriyuki tower
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    Okinawa Prefecture Itoman
  • Kochi Hara-mon in
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    Okinawa Pref. Itomanshi Itoman
  • Tower of the collar
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    Okinawa Pref. Itomanshi Maezato
  • Tower of the sun
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    Okinawa Pref. Itomanshi Komesu
  • Tower of Kenji
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    Okinawa Pref. Itomanshi Mabuni
  • Tower of dawn
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    Okinawa Pref. Itomanshi Mabuni
  • Peace Kinen-do
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    Okinawa Pref. Itomanshi Mabuni
  • Former Army hospital Goato
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    Okinawa Pref. Shimajirigunhaebaruchou Kyan
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