Before the memorial day on June 23, a "cleansing" work was carried out on the 15th at the Peace Statue in Itoman City, Okinawa Prefecture, in memory of those who died in the Battle of Okinawa.
The Peace Memorial Statue in Mabuni, Itoman City, which became the last fierce battlefield during the Battle of Okinawa at the end of the Pacific War, was built in 1978 in memory of the deceased and a wish for world peace.
Every year, before the memorial day, the work of "cleansing" to wipe off the dust of the peace prayer statue is carried out, and this time, due to the spread of the new corona infection, the number of people was reduced and eight people including the management staff did it. It was.
Participants worked for about an hour, such as fixing the body and ladder with a rope and wiping the dust on the upper part of the statue while checking the safety.
Mr. Masatsugu Ito, a lacquer craft expert who was also involved in the production of the statue, said, "We worked with a prayer for peace and a wish that the new corona would converge and come to peace learning." It was.