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Himeyuri Peace Museum
Himeyuri Peace Museum. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Himeyuri Peace Museum (Himeyuri Heiwa Kinen Shiryōkan) opened in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan in 1989. Located within Okinawa Senseki Quasi-National Park, it is dedicated to the Himeyuri Student Corps during the Battle of Okinawa and to the ideal of Peace.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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