Himeyuri Peace Museum

An awful time in history explained

Excellent display of the awful life the students had. Cashered into service for the Japanese army in the dying days of the war. Most of the students and staff were killed as were many civilians. A bru...

Very Moving

This told a piece of history we were previously unaware of. The story of just a couple of hundred high schoolgirls having to look after severely injured Japanese soldiers throughout the Battle of Okin...

Great peace museum representing an alternative view on the war.

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 by...

Amazing and sad stories about civilians in war time

Was really touched by a visit to this museum. They really managed to give an insight into the lifes of the people (focused on female high school students) of okinawa during the war time. Would definit...

It's a facility where you can feel the preciousness of peace.

Original Text

The Himeyuri Peace Memorial Museum is a facility that conveys the experience of the Battle of Okinawa and the preciousness of peace in the back of the place where the Himeyuri Tower is built. It was the first time we visited the Himeyuri Tower ２, but this time we also saw the exhibition of the museum. In the museum, there were testimony videos of Himeyuri Gakuten 々, photographs of the time, and full-scale models of the moat. It is a facility where you can feel the preciousness of peace again.