#unbrokenmovie

last weekend I had a chance to visit Naoetsu with some high schoolers visiting Japan from Germany and the U.S. through #rotary. We had a lunch and some birthday cake to celebrate @johnskendzel ’s birthday and then visited the aquarium. The visitors from Gunma prefecture had to get back on the bus to return to their host families, but John and I made a brief stop at Naoetsu Peace Memorial Park. As some may know, Naoetsu was the site of a POW camp during WWII. You can see the hideous conditions depicted in the movie #unbrokenmovie many years later, with help from the local government and the citizens of Joetsu, the site was turned into this Peace Memorial Park in 1995. The statues are of #peace and #friendship.#joetsu #peacememorialpark (at 平和記念公園)
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