Okinawa Shihan Kenji No To

The sad history of Okinawa

Original Text

A tower that commemorates the staff and students of the Okinawa Normal School Men's Club. Children in their mid-teens who died in vain to protect the mainland of Japan. Even though it is an era, it makes me sad. No one visits here because the nearby Himeyuri Tower is famous. It's a quiet and lonely promenade, but the road is solid. I wonder if I walk about 5 minutes from the parking lot.

I'm worried about the way.

Original Text

If you go from Peace Park, you will hit the tower of dawn. When I went down the long stairs overgrown with tropical trees, it was in a quiet place. When visiting here, it is recommended not to go from the park side, but only the Kenji Tower alone from the west side of the park. It was difficult to return.

Boys' mission

Original Text

The Okinawa Normal School was a prewar teacher training institution, but it was no longer in the battle of Okinawa. The missions of the students who were forced to participate in the war as the Iron Blood Emperor Corps range from building positions, messaging and communication. Among them, the most cruel one is slashed. An incredible act of carrying 10 kg of gunpowder on your back and going to be the base of an enemy tank. The purpose was to destroy the catapult of the tank. It's too miserable to find words. There are many trenches and gama in this area, and the current ... of the battle of Okinawa.

It's on the west coast of Mabunjin Hill.

Original Text

If you go a little west of Peace Memorial Park, there is a parking lot and you can visit it for free. The flow of the times, the souvenir shops in the vicinity are all closed, and it seems that there is no bustle in the past and you will not be able to get on the sightseeing bus, so now you are on a peace study or a school trip (are you on a course? ) Is it about visiting? It is located in a quiet place, a short walk from the parking lot toward the coast. We recommend that you visit with some prior knowledge of the war.

it's not just the tower of himeyuri.

Original Text

　The Himeyuri Tower is famous for the memorial monument of the students who were killed in the Battle of Okinawa, but in fact, there were many other students who were killed. This is a memorial monument for students at Okinawa Normal School. There are such memorial monuments in various places. If you see it, I definitely want you to visit.