Okinawa Peace Memorial Park

平和祈念公園

Okinawa Peace Memorial Park spreads across the Mabuni hills of Itoman, looking toward the coast where the Battle of Okinawa came to an end. Official park pages describe a landscape that combines the Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum, the Cornerstone of Peace with names of the dead, a peace prayer statue, the national cemetery, and dozens of prefectural and group memorials. It is treated as a place of remembrance for visitors from Japan and abroad, while open lawns also serve picnics and recreation. Photography rules and facility hours vary by zone, so check museum times and memorial etiquette before you go.