Maizuruhikiage Memorial Park - Maizuru

The place where my mother and grandparents repatriated from China after the war ... I wanted to feel the hardships of my grandparents as much as possible. I would like to invite people of the generation who do not know the war to visit.

It is a park centered around a memorial hall where you can learn about the situation when people detained in Siberia returned to Japan after the war and how they lived in Siberia. The memorial hall is very beautiful. There were two toilets, one in the building and one in the parking lot. I was able to feel the situation at that time from the materials on display, and my emotions were shaken. There was also a person who seemed to be an explainer. As a park, there is an observatory square and an observatory is also installed. From the observation square, I could see Maizuru Bay and Maizuru Crane Bridge, and I could see the Goro Sky Tower in the distance.

You can learn how hard the tragedy on the continent was after the defeat of Japan in World War II. There are materials and dioramas, and it is easy to understand. I have learned and researched various things about peace. Most of my concerns were about the atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the historical facts of the Battle of Okinawa, and other indiscriminate air raids on Japan, but these days, there were many disasters that occurred in Japan. I started to look at the tragedy of. With the slogan of developing Manchuria, many people went from Japan to Manchuria with hope. The country at that time actively recommended it. It seems that it was good at the beginning. But the nightmare was waiting after that. Japan was defeated (to be exact, only the upper ranks of the army got the forecast of defeat first), and the Kwantung Army, which was the most prominent, fled to us, leaving the general public instead of protecting the people. What happened to the remaining general soldiers and ordinary people ... A terrifying tragedy awaited the Japanese who were left behind by the Soviet troops who broke the treaty and some of the locals who had been oppressed until now. War makes everyone unhappy (except those who make money from it). Never do it. Such a tragedy will be born if there is a war. What kind of tragedy happened at that time so that as many people as possible could notice the signs so that the country would not go in a suspicious direction? !! I thought that how many people suffered should be seen at this "Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Park".

Students also visit the museum of repatriation from time to time. It's a beautiful facility, but the smoke from the surrounding factories comes to the facility, so the area is white and hazy like fog. It smells bad and it hurts my eyes and throat. It is better to improve. The staff was very kind. ?️ is wide and convenient. There is a restored salvage pier nearby

I went to the Maizuru Repatriation Memorial, which was the stage of "Mother on the Quay." I took elementary and junior high school children with me, and I am glad that I was able to learn what kind of detention is with prisoners by seeing actual materials as well as learning peace. In the museum, a few staff will carefully explain the materials on display, so you can ask questions if you have any questions. There is a park outside the museum, and you can go up to the hill overlooking the bay where the tugboats actually entered. On a scenic day, you can take a comfortable walk and look far away.

It is located at the Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Hall, and when you climb up, you can overlook the port where the repatriation ship entered. My father, who died four years ago, can only imagine what he thought when he arrived at Maizuru Port after the end of the war and stepped on the land of his homeland, but I am grateful that I am living here now. It is a gassho.

It is an essential part for studying the movements of Japan and the world from prewar to postwar. I hope many people will visit here and have a broad perspective.