The Tower of Himeyuri

I went to The Tower of Himeyuri by bus alone.

Location

The Tower of Himeyuri was built on the site of a cave used as an army field hospital. And HIMEYURI PEACE MUSEUM was built in front of the tower. They are located at the southernmost point of the OKINAWA Island.

Report

The origin of the name "HIMEYURI" is the names of two school books. One is "OTSU-HIME". This book was written in the 1st prefectural high school for women. The other is "SHIRA-YURI" . This book was written in the teacher school for women in Okinawa. Students of both schools (they called "HIMEYURI-GAKUTO-TAI") worked for the war and many of them were killed by the war. The tower was built with deep wish --Global Piece-- of the survivor of them.