Sairoku Peace Tower

Right next to the Shinmachibashi monument, under the Hanshin Expressway

Original Text

It is on the right side of the Shinmachibashi Monument, under the Hanshin Expressway. The letters are engraved on the monument, but it is very difficult to read.

Shunyu Monument

Original Text

This tower is a tower that prayed for the soul of the spirit and the eternal peace of the world by the burning of more than 300 people due to the Great East Asia War and the Great Air Raid of the Manchurian Incident. The actual product was more than a tower, about the size of a stone monument, under the elevated Hanshin Expressway Line 1, and next to it was the Shinmachibashi monument.

Memorial tower

Original Text

There was this tower near the Shinmachibashi Monument. I read it as Sairoku. It refers to the six districts around here. Many people went to the front during the Manchurian Incident, the Nikka Incident, and the Pacific War. Also, in the Osaka University air raid in Showa ２０ year ３ month, more than ３００ people died. It was built in Showa ３２ to commemorate this person 々. It seems that it was originally in another place.

Under the guard of Hanshin Expressway

Original Text

It was located under the guard of the Hanshin Expressway. The Shinmachibashi monument stood next to it, and this one was more conspicuous. The former 々 is a memorial monument for the air raid built in the precincts of the temple.

Nishiroku

Original Text

It is said that most of the Shinmachi, Horie, and Nagahori districts were burned down in the air raid on March 13, 1945 at the University of Osaka, killing more than 300 people. It is said to be a memorial monument by the federation of this district. Nishiroku is a name that collectively refers to Nishi Funaba, Edobori, Tsuru, Tachibaribori, Shinmachi, and Nishinagabori. Under the expressway between Midosuji and Yotsubashisuji, under this expressway, there are many other traces of the bridge and stone monuments, such as the historic Shinmachi Bashi bridge site.