Boshi Statue

Original Text

A bronze statue of a girl appearing in the nursery rhyme "Red Shoes" stands in a small park adjacent to the government office. I think of my mother who was separated when I was young, and I am staring in the direction where my mother is. It is a nursery rhyme based on the true story, but in fact, the girl died of illness before traveling to the United States. It is a sad story accompanied by the hardships of pioneering.

Original Text

It is located in a small red shoe park next to Rusutsu Village Office. It is a seated statue of a girl (Kimi Sano) who appears in the nursery rhyme "Red Shoes" and pairs with a mother statue next to Road Station ２３０ Rusutsu. In winter, it is snowy and you cannot get close to it.

Original Text

It is a statue standing in the Red Shoe Park, which is said to be the stage of children's song red shoes. This statue is a girl named Kimi-chan, and it seems that it is named Mother's Statue because there is a little sad episode.

Original Text

It is a statue of a girl in the nursery rhyme "Red Shoes" written by Yujo Noguchi standing in "Red Shoes Park" along National Highway 230 near "Roadside Station 230 Rusutsu". It is a symbol of a small park built to commemorate the land related to Rusutsu's pioneering farm where the girl's mother settled. In order to protect the harsh living environment of development in Rusutsu, he expressed his feelings for his daughter entrusted to his missionary and his wife to Yujo Noguchi, a colleague of her husband who will later have a close relationship in Sapporo. Because it triggered the lyrics ...