Visitors watch a video featuring accounts of former members of the Himeyuri Student Corps at the renovated Himeyuri Peace Museum in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 12. (Minako Yoshimoto)
ITOMAN, Okinawa Prefecture--A large painting of girls chatting and walking to the school gate through lush green leaves greets visitors at a renovated museum dedicated to female student nurses mobilized during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa.
The Himeyuri Peace Museum here reopened on April 12 after staff members born after the war renewed exhibits to better convey the experiences of the Himeyuri (star lily) Student Corps to younger generations.
A painting of girls walking to the school gate through green leaves greets visitors to the renovated Himeyuri Peace Museum in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture. (Minako Yoshimoto)