Himeyuri Monument4.2
Close to the Memorial Peace Park, this large stone monument is dedicated to female students and teachers who worked in army field hospitals in caves. During the closing days of the Battle of Okinawa, 222 girls and 18 teachers were recruited from two senior high schools, and worked as nurses in the cave located beneath the monument. Most of them did not survive.
The adjacent museum shows a life-size georama of the cave and testimonial videos by some survivors to give you a glimpse of the history. The monument and museum is a place that will leave you speechless in reflection but give testimony to the horrendous situation toward the end of the war.
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Cliff Surjo5.011 months ago
This place reminds us of how lucky we are these days to be able to live in peace and to have choices to make in life. These girls had no choice at all. This place left me speechless of how tough lives were for these people during the war. Definitely a place worthy of visit in Okinawa.
Changjoo Lim4.08 months ago
Memories place to remember war history
Drew Nabi5.05 months ago
Sad history buried there yet it’s a nice and beautiful place. Surely, we have to keep the peace ✌️ and to the next generation.
Wes5.010 months ago
A heartbreaking museum recounting the lives, struggles, deaths and survivals of school-age Okinawan girls put into military service as medical personnel.
Ze Wei Lim4.09 months ago
A nice museum telling the stories of the students who were involved in the war. With plenty of English captions so well worth the trip