4 Battle of Okinawa Historic Sites and How to Visit [parking, cost, what to expect]

4 Battle of Okinawa Historic Sites and How to Visit [parking, cost, what to expect]

I will show you 4 Battle of Okinawa Historic Sites that you can visit (in one day if you want!) and where to park, what to expect when you get there, how much it costs, and how long to spend there.

Timestamps:
00:00 Start
00:26 Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Park
06:02 Former Japanese Navy Underground Headquarters
07:15 Urasoe Castle Ruins (Hacksaw Ridge)
09:05 Minatogawa Stateside Town

Some of our other Okinawa Videos:
– One Day Yomitan Itinerary: https://youtu.be/yfpNQlk6kMc
– 5 Snorkeling Spots: https://youtu.be/wZB3m8EkbWQ
– 4 Days in Ishigaki: https://youtu.be/EXUv4K3Iz7I

Resources:
– Peace Park Website: https://heiwa-irei-okinawa.jp/
– Peace Park’s Guide to Old Battlefields and Other Museums: http://www.peace-museum.okinawa.jp/english/battlefield/index.html
– Peace Hall: https://www.okinawakyoukai.jp/pages/109/
– “How Paper Cranes became a symbol of healing in Japan”: https://news.nationalgeographic.org/how-paper-cranes-became-a-symbol-of-healing-in-japan/

Sources:
– Unknown Meiji-period photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Matsuda Michiyuki and Officials involved in the Ryukyu Disposition
– Unknown Meiji-period photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons: Japanese government forces, most likely from the Kumamoto Garrison, in front of the Kankaimon gate at Shuri Castle, Naha, Okinawa, at the time of the Ryūkyū Disposition
– By Unknown author – This photograph HU 2787 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=130457 7Battle of Singapore, February 1942. Victorious Japanese troops march through the city center
– Post-Work: User:W.wolny, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
– U.S. Army Signal Corps, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons – Machine gun crew of the 1st Bn., 381st Infantry
– National Archives and Records Administration, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons – 2 April 1945 “Civilians who turned themselves over to Marines on Okinawa.” Photographer: McBride
– U.S. Army Signal Corps, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, Supported by a tank, infantrymen advance through heavy fire on the southern front on Okinawa island. 6 April, 1945
– Signal Corps Archive from Ireland and United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, Natural cave, found on Okinawa by these advancing 10th Army Troops, was estimated to hold nearly a thousand
– Signal Corps Archive from Ireland and United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, An American soldier, advancing on a cave recently occupied by Japs, surveys equipment which was left by the retreating enemy troops on Okinawa, May 4 1945
– Signal Corps Archive from Ireland and United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, These Jap children were found in a tomb about 50 yards from the front lines on Okinawa 23 April 1945
– Signal Corps Archive from Ireland and United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Pfc. Robert A. Vincent, L.I., N.Y., offers K rations to Okinawan children, found in Gusukuma during the drive to Machinato airstrip
– U.S. Navy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons