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Founded by the surviving students themselves, who gathered the testimony and wrote the wall texts in their own words.
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Himeyuri Peace Museum (ひめゆり平和祈念資料館, 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.
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Founded / opened：1989 Highlights / collection：Testimonies of survivors, Records of mobilised schoolgirls Genre：Photography, Calligraphy
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