Osaka International Peace Center (Peace Osaka)

Osaka International Peace Center (Peace Osaka)

One of the best things about visiting the isle of Japan is that you will be treated to a wide spectrum of travel sites and places where you can spend time constructively with members of the family. The country that has witnessed the terminal Hiroshima bombings has shown the world what it means to literally ‘rise from the ashes'. Structures have been erected all over the city of Osaka to commemorate the era of peace that the government wants to bring about in the state itself. AsiaRooms.com is here offering you information regarding the Osaka International Peace Center (Peace Osaka) in Osaka, Japan.

In a world that has patiently endured the devastation of the two World Wars, the Osaka International Peace Center is dedicated to alleviate international peace and promote popular awareness on the horrors of the war. Located in the Osaka Castle Park, the Peace Center is conveniently accessible through train which attracts tourists who also drop in to the castle. The Peace Center is a three-storey structure that displays artifacts from Osaka's familiarity with war, and that between Japan and other Asian countries as reminders that Japan too had its share in perpetrating the tragedies of war.

Once you enter the center, you will come upon the second floor that is a sojourn t the more than 50 air incursions of Osaka, with life-size representations of the ton weight bombs and the inflammatory ones that razed the city. The first floor exhibits relics from Manchuria, Korea, Southeast Asia, Okinawa, and Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Auschwitz as well as the video of the Fifteen Years' War. The third floor is used as a library, video area and an auditorium that is used for educational as well as research purposes.

The collection of the library comprises domestic and foreign books, documents and maps that relate to warfare and harmony alike. The video area is equipped with nine cubicles where visitors can observe the testimonies of the witnesses and their war experiences, along with documentaries, videos etc. The auditorium shows war movies such as Juroku Jizo Monogatari or the Tale of 16 Jizo , Hinoumi Osaka or Osaka in a Sea of Fire and the Yakitsukasareta Osaka no Machi or Burned up Osaka .

The Osaka International Peace Center (Peace Osaka) is an important way in which future generations can glimpse the past so as to prevent war and sustain peace.

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