Okinawa Peace Memorial Park (Peace Prayer Park)

沖縄県平和祈念公園（平和の礎）

A cliffside park remembering the Battle of Okinawa

Hours

Park open to walk in anytime. Peace Memorial Museum 9:00am-5:00pm (last entry 4:30pm), closed Dec 29-Jan 3

Tickets

Park free; museum adults about 300 yen

Address

444 Mabuni, Itoman

The park sits on the Mabuni hill where the last fighting of the Battle of Okinawa took place. The Cornerstone of Peace carries the names of everyone who died, civilian or soldier, whatever their nationality, cut into dark stone. The peace memorial museum next door holds testimonies and records. The sea below is brilliantly blue and the air is hushed, and visitors tend to speak less as they walk.