A peace prayer built with a wish for peace in Itoman City, Okinawa Prefecture, which was the final fierce battlefield, ahead of "Okinawa Memorial Day" on the 23rd of this month to commemorate the victims of the Battle of Okinawa at the end of the Pacific War. "Purification" work was done to wipe off the dust on the statue.
The Peace Memorial Statue in the Okinawa Peace Memorial Hall in Mabuni, Itoman City is a 12-meter-high statue built in 1978 to commemorate the victims of the Battle of Okinawa and wish for peace.
Every year, before "Okinawa Memorial Day", the work of "purification" to clean the peace statue is carried out, and on the 9th, eight people including the managing staff participated.
Participants used a ladder to climb onto the statue and wipe the dust off with a cloth, checking for scratches on the surface.
Masatsugu Itokazu (67), an expert in lacquering crafts who was involved in the production of the Peace Statue, said, "Because there is a war in Ukraine, I worked for peace not only in Japan but also in the world." rice field.
At the Okinawa Peace Memorial Hall, the eve of the memorial service for all the war dead in Okinawa will be held on the 22nd of this month, the day before "Okinawa Memorial Day".