Hokon no To (Tower)

This war memorial is located on an elevated spot across the road from Ie Village Junior High School about a two-minute drive or about a 16-minute walk from Ie Port. Ie Island was the site of some of the most intense fighting of the Battle of Okinawa. The tower enshrines some 3,500 souls lost in the fighting on the island including around 1,500 islanders and around 2,000 officers and men of the island's garrison. The tower bears a poem by the local poet Nakamoto Roson. The stone memorials next to the tower bear the names of those who died during the battle including those outside of Ie Village. A peace prayer service is held here every April 21ST, the anniversary of the end of hostilities on the island.