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00:00:29good morning
00:00:33It happens a lot in Korean dramas.
00:00:35So that's one approach.
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00:00:41sorry
00:00:42The information is a bit sudden.
00:00:44Suddenly, drama information
00:00:47Let me introduce today's guest.
00:00:50This is John Kabira and Moe Yamaguchi.
00:00:52good morning
00:00:53good morning
00:00:54Thank you for the invitation.
00:00:55Thank you for the invitation.
00:00:56Thank you for inviting me.
00:00:58Let's go.
00:01:00Today's special is about war.
00:01:02Children can also learn about war in an easy-to-understand way.
00:01:06A certain place
00:01:06Yuno Nagao and Kentaro Komon visited.
00:01:12The two arrived in Ami-machi, Ibaraki Prefecture, which faces Lake Kasumigaura.
00:01:18Located on the shore of this lake, the second largest after Lake Biwa, is
00:01:24A war museum that makes learning easy for children.
00:01:27is
00:01:32It was raining that day, so the exhibit was in the hangar.
00:01:42A full-scale model of a Zero fighter plane
00:01:47On sunny days, it is displayed outdoors.
00:01:49You can even get closer to take a look.
00:01:54This is operated by Amimachi.
00:01:56This is the Yokaren Peace Memorial Museum.
00:02:09The guide will be a curator from this museum.
00:02:12This is Yumiko Yamashita.
00:02:15Free guided tours are available on Saturdays and Sundays.
00:02:20As soon as I passed the reception area, the first thing that caught my eye was a large
00:02:24photograph
00:02:43Yokaren is an abbreviation for Naval Air Preparatory Trainee.
00:02:49He volunteered to become an aircraft crew member in the former Imperial Japanese Navy.
00:02:53Education was provided to train men aged 15 and older.
00:03:02At this museum
00:03:03Reflecting on the experiences of each and every Yoka trainee
00:03:07while
00:03:08We have an exhibition designed to encourage people to think about war and peace.
00:03:14What is this picture of?
00:03:19Glider training is conducted as a way to develop the sense of flying.
00:03:23It is said
00:03:24That's right
00:03:25Apparently, the skilled pilots were able to fly for extended periods.
00:03:28There's probably no one on this glider.
00:03:31I'm in it.
00:03:32I'm on board.
00:03:33Are you riding it?
00:03:34Yes, yes, yes
00:03:38There's one person sitting under the wing.
00:03:40Wow, that's scary.
00:03:44Trainee Yoka has not yet been allowed to fly on an actual airplane.
00:03:48We sometimes used gliders for training.
00:03:52Ride it exposed
00:03:54yes
00:03:55But if you look down, it's expensive.
00:03:57I agree
00:03:57It's quite scary.
00:03:58It's scary, isn't it?
00:03:59Yes, it will.
00:04:00But ultimately, the fact that you can fly in any form is what matters.
00:04:03It was a popular class among the trainees.
00:04:06That's true.
00:04:08Actually these photos
00:04:10A photographer who represents the Showa era
00:04:12Photographed by Domonken
00:04:1528 precious works
00:04:17You can view them on large photo panels.
00:04:28The place where this museum was built
00:04:30Until the end of the Pacific War
00:04:33Responsible for the education of Yoka Ren
00:04:35There was a Tsuchiura Naval Air Group.
00:04:40What kind of training was conducted at Yoka training?
00:04:43There is footage from that time.
00:04:45You can see it here.
00:04:52This is the Naval Air Base.
00:04:54Traditional Chinese medicine from a cage
00:04:56The blood-stained trainee Yoka
00:04:59It is intense training.
00:05:00Wow, that's amazing!
00:05:03Basic physical and mental strength as an airman
00:05:06Training to build muscle was conducted.
00:05:08Yoka training
00:05:10In the final stages of the Pacific War
00:05:11A large number of airmen will be needed.
00:05:14The request was made at a rapid pace.
00:05:17At that time, there were approximately 6,000 people in Amimachi.
00:05:19He is said to have received training.
00:05:27Wow
00:05:28Is this okay?
00:05:30I wonder if everything will be alright.
00:05:32Of course this too
00:05:34You're not wearing tears of life, are you?
00:05:37What happens if it falls?
00:05:39We just have to do our best not to fall.
00:05:48The exhibit is designed to be easy for children to understand.
00:05:51Various innovations have been implemented.
00:05:57While experiencing the requirements for joining Yokaren
00:06:00This is an exhibit where you can verify the information.
00:06:11Height must be 152 cm or taller
00:06:17The requirement was a weight of 41 kg or more.
00:06:21Compared to the average 15-year-old boy today
00:06:24He was rather small in stature.
00:06:31In a room that recreates the classroom from that time...
00:06:33It appears the trainees received a unique form of education from Yokaren.
00:06:37You can see the child.
00:07:04Textbooks donated by former trainees and bereaved families are also on display.
00:07:08Yes
00:07:09It contains descriptions that differ from those in current school textbooks.
00:07:13It is
00:07:15This indicates that one should learn the art of public relations by following the instructions in this book.
00:07:19It says
00:07:20Imperative sentences are always included in textbooks.
00:07:23imperative sentence
00:07:24yes
00:07:24It's an order, isn't it?
00:07:25yes
00:07:26Things to remember
00:07:27I agree
00:07:27It's an order, isn't it?
00:07:29These days, we're not ordered to memorize the entire textbook, right?
00:07:33It's not an order.
00:07:34You should remember that.
00:07:36I want to remember
00:07:43Furthermore, there are exhibits that reveal the harsh realities of life in the navy.
00:07:47A hammock?
00:07:50This was used by the students while they were sleeping at night.
00:07:53Were you sleeping in a hammock?
00:07:56To get used to the hammocks used on warships
00:07:59The trainees slept with this every night.
00:08:05I wonder if I'll be able to sleep.
00:08:08It seems he had trouble sleeping at first.
00:08:12We undergo rigorous training every day.
00:08:15There are many
00:08:16I agree
00:08:16Do it occasionally.
00:08:17I sleep like this every night
00:08:20But
00:08:22good?
00:08:23No, it's impossible.
00:08:27I don't know why they can gain strength.
00:08:29So that
00:08:30hey
00:08:31It's tough, isn't it?
00:08:32Every day
00:08:33Around what time did this happen?
00:08:35At this time of year, I wake up at 5 AM.
00:08:389 PM is bedtime.
00:08:41That was quick!
00:08:43Huh? But aren't you usually asleep by 9 pm?
00:08:44I always wake up at 6am and go to bed at 9pm.
00:08:48They're practically the same.
00:08:49They're practically the same.
00:08:51It's an hour later than your workday, but it's practically the same.
00:08:53But you have 1 hour and 60 minutes, right?
00:08:55That's really long, isn't it?
00:08:579 hours have passed.
00:08:58One hour less
00:08:59They're practically the same.
00:09:00Hmm
00:09:05Us too.
00:09:05Like on a school trip.
00:09:07I've been to places like Kirasmar and similar places.
00:09:10It's kind of different from what I expected.
00:09:12It felt more realistic somehow.
00:09:15I hope it's a good thing.
00:09:16That wasn't the case.
00:09:17Facilities like this
00:09:17It was really easy to see everything on display.
00:09:20They are also very conscious of appealing to children.
00:09:22Most of the text in the exhibition also has furigana (phonetic readings) added to it.
00:09:26I thought it would be easier to go there with my family.
00:09:29How did you find it, Mr. Uemura and Mr. Yamaguchi?
00:09:32It starts from age 15, right?
00:09:33That's right.
00:09:34My son is 15 years old now.
00:09:36I think my son is old enough to go.
00:09:39That life-threatening training
00:09:42Is this really
00:09:44Yuno-chan said the same thing.
00:09:45I wonder what would happen if I fell.
00:09:48I think so
00:09:49There were some warm-hearted students.
00:09:50It's unbelievable that not a single person has failed.
00:09:53Honestly, I'm confident I'd be the first one to fall for it.
00:09:57I feel a really strong sense of excitement.
00:10:00You can tell they were working really hard.
00:10:05Seriously, even the training is a life-or-death situation.
00:10:08And in the sense of doing it for the country.
00:10:12I feel a sense of sadness stemming from the fact that they were soliciting volunteers for that.
00:10:18Right?
00:10:20The textbook said it was an order.
00:10:23Because it's the military
00:10:24That's right.
00:10:25I'm surprised.
00:10:28We're accepting messages from our viewers again today.
00:10:31War museums in your town
00:10:34About war museums I've visited
00:10:37Please feel free to share your thoughts and feedback.
00:10:39We look forward to seeing you.
00:10:40So, here we go.
00:10:41I'd like to take a brief look back at the history of the Pacific War.
00:10:44Please see here.
00:10:46This one, right?
00:10:4784 years ago, in August 1942
00:10:51This area was under Japanese control.
00:10:54During the war,
00:10:55This map represents the period when Japan was at its most powerful.
00:10:59However
00:10:59Southeast Asia, for example.
00:11:01Including the islands of the Pacific Ocean
00:11:03This shows just how widespread the area was.
00:11:08At that time, Mr. Kabira's father was in Taiwan.
00:11:11I asked about it, but
00:11:12Have you heard anything about it?
00:11:14there is
00:11:16Anyway, His Majesty the Emperor of Japan
00:11:23It's no longer the Imperial Palace, it's the Imperial Palace (Kyūgi).
00:11:25Miyagi bows towards Miyagi.
00:11:28He's already a militaristic boy.
00:11:33So, when I was 17, I was drafted.
00:11:36Taipei High School was located in Taipei.
00:11:40It's a school that's now a teacher training college.
00:11:43They'll be summoned by the entire school, right?
00:11:45That's why I've heard of it.
00:11:47Did you receive your summons letter?
00:11:49The so-called "red stance"
00:11:50I've never seen it before.
00:11:52Each school
00:11:53It's everyone, right?
00:11:56That was the kind of era it was.
00:11:59The strict hierarchy and other such aspects of the military
00:12:01It was something truly terrible.
00:12:06Abuse, beating and kicking, should never happen.
00:12:10I had witnessed firsthand that this had become a regular occurrence.
00:12:14And for some reason only the superior officers get to eat good meals.
00:12:19Alcohol was being served and there was a lot of revelry.
00:12:22It sounds like it's coming from far away.
00:12:24So I wonder what kind of place the military really was.
00:12:27I've heard that it was completely different from what they had imagined.
00:12:33As expected, the reality I witnessed was quite different from what I had imagined.
00:12:37So that's what it means.
00:12:38That's definitely correct.
00:12:40The reason why we started the war is...
00:12:42At that time, Japan was at war with China.
00:12:47In order to end the war with China
00:12:49The United States has imposed economic sanctions on Japan.
00:12:53However, Japan, not wanting to withdraw from China, continued the war.
00:12:57The Pacific War began in search of resources from Southeast Ghazia.
00:13:00That's how it works.
00:13:01In this situation, Japan, which needs military forces,
00:13:04We proceeded with requesting soldiers from Yokaren and other locations as mentioned earlier.
00:13:08That's how it works.
00:13:09Please see here.
00:13:12In this way, countries and the military are using posters and movies on a large scale.
00:13:16They did some advertising, didn't they?
00:13:18The uniform, which at the time was known as the "seven-button" uniform, was also an object of admiration.
00:13:23That's what I heard.
00:13:23Because of things like this, some people were inspired and decided to apply.
00:13:29The competition ratio for the enlistment exam reached a peak of 73:1.
00:13:34That
00:13:34So there was a time when it was extremely cramped.
00:13:38However, on the other hand, Yokaren is from a family that went to the battlefield and died in battle.
00:13:42The number of people will also increase.
00:13:44Letters they wrote still exist.
00:13:49The Yokaren Peace Memorial Museum displays letters from graduates.
00:13:53There are also rooms where you can read.
00:13:58I've compiled 106 letters I collected from family members and others into a book.
00:14:06The box where the books were kept was the only place where I could put my personal belongings.
00:14:10A box made to resemble a traditional Japanese handbox.
00:14:26At the time, letters sent by trainees were subject to military censorship, and their contents were subject to review.
00:14:30It was restricted.
00:14:32However, they had townspeople pay for it or used a woman's alias.
00:14:36Apparently, they managed to circumvent censorship by doing so.
00:14:40Each letter contains the genuine feelings of a young aviator.
00:14:45The words are written.
00:14:48Among them, the one who has the most letters is Fukuyama Ta, who enlisted at the age of 16.
00:14:53School trainees
00:14:57I left my hometown of Saga and enlisted in the Yokaren in 1939.
00:15:03This was two years before the start of the Pacific War.
00:15:09Many of these letters were addressed to their mothers in Saga, and described how their families lived after the war.
00:15:13It was something I had been keeping.
00:15:18This is a letter dated February 4, 1940.
00:15:21The trainees receive scholarship salaries.
00:15:24I go out to town to shop on my one day off a week.
00:15:28There was also
00:15:35I'm going out tomorrow.
00:15:37I have 1 yen
00:15:40I ate a manju and then ate zenzai.
00:15:43Eat daifuku and sweet potato
00:15:46I ate anmitsu and then ate abekawa.
00:15:50I'm planning to go to a club and warm myself by a brazier.
00:15:54So it was still there, huh?
00:15:56You can eat powder for 1 yen now
00:16:00It's impossible now, isn't it?
00:16:02Because one university admission advances you about 200 yen right now.
00:16:07That's right.
00:16:07One yen at that time is roughly equivalent to about 3,000 yen today.
00:16:12that's right
00:16:13It seems that Mr. Fukuyama had a particular fondness for sweets.
00:16:17I guess she also has a sweet tooth.
00:16:21I felt relieved somehow.
00:16:26I graduated from Yokaren
00:16:27I started pilot training in 1941.
00:16:32The Sino-Japanese War continued
00:16:34It was a time when the naval battles of the Pacific War were drawing near.
00:16:43The letter from July expresses complex feelings about going to the battlefield.
00:16:48It was written there.
00:16:51When I listened to my senior's story
00:16:54What does it feel like when you're exchanging fire with enemy aircraft?
00:16:57The nation and you
00:17:00For fifteen or something
00:17:01There's absolutely nothing like that.
00:17:05just
00:17:06Damn it
00:17:07We have to take him down.
00:17:08Apparently, that's all it is.
00:17:13Approximately
00:17:14He died in battle in his twenties.
00:17:18If you join the naval pilot community
00:17:20You absolutely cannot get out of this situation.
00:17:24Until death
00:17:26It is a service.
00:17:30this
00:17:30It says he died in battle in his twenties, doesn't it?
00:17:35yes
00:17:35This is how people in their 20s die in battle.
00:17:39Are you going to replace it?
00:17:42I think that's a very good question.
00:17:44Those who became the main force in this Pacific War
00:17:48Mostly people in their late teens to twenties
00:17:51He went to fight as the main character.
00:17:54I feel like people in their 20s are really young.
00:17:57I had the impression that it was fast.
00:18:01That's right
00:18:06Well, in movies and stuff
00:18:08For various reasons, like for that person
00:18:10For the sake of the country or
00:18:12often
00:18:14I've seen it in videos, though.
00:18:16It seems like they don't have that kind of luxury.
00:18:18It says so, doesn't it?
00:18:21I think he'll probably die in battle.
00:18:25I don't know if it's resignation or not.
00:18:32December 8th, approximately six months after the letter was written.
00:18:36During the Japanese Navy's attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
00:18:39The Pacific War began.
00:18:44Fukuyama became a naval pilot.
00:18:47He was assigned to the air force in Taiwan, which was under Japanese rule at the time.
00:18:53March 2, 1942, three months after the naval battle
00:18:59Attacked by Allied forces including the United States
00:19:02He died in battle.
00:19:03I was 19 years old.
00:19:09This is a poem my brother wrote at the time.
00:19:16My brother
00:19:17Are you really dead?
00:19:22I loved you so much
00:19:24Did you call out your mother's name?
00:19:29My brother
00:19:31Can you see this cherry blossom?
00:19:36Mom and my brother
00:19:40Shizuho is there
00:19:41These are cherry blossoms from the mainland.
00:19:47Are you really, really dead?
00:19:50They probably can't believe it.
00:19:51My precious child, my precious younger brother, has died.
00:19:57I received a telegram from my mother.
00:20:01Did he really die?
00:20:03It must have been quite an unbelievable situation, wasn't it?
00:20:07During wartime
00:20:10To die in war, you know.
00:20:13It's an honorable thing.
00:20:18That's what they said.
00:20:20My family hasn't really accepted it yet.
00:20:32October 25, 1944, three years after the Fukuyama Warriors
00:20:38My brother, who was stationed in a naval unit in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, was also killed in action.
00:20:43I did.
00:20:50That's the horror of war, isn't it?
00:20:52I enlisted with a dream.
00:20:57Board an airplane with a dream
00:20:59They fight and die for their country.
00:21:04Well, actually, the family themselves are the ones who are most important.
00:21:09I imagine it must have been quite an emotional experience for them.
00:21:13But this is properly recorded and preserved.
00:21:16We, who live in the present, can see it again.
00:21:20And what is war and what is peace?
00:21:22There are still people going off to fight and die in battle, you know.
00:21:26You're right here in the world right now, aren't you?
00:21:30Well, that's what I think.
00:21:34It turns out that it was also the Taiwanese air force where my father was stationed.
00:21:39A little more
00:21:43The letters that I really went through with Ko-chan
00:21:50That's right.
00:21:51That's because there are many that haven't been installed yet.
00:21:54I agree
00:21:54If it didn't say it was for that purpose
00:21:57A letter that probably never reached its destination
00:22:00It really reached them, and it captured their true feelings at that time.
00:22:05but
00:22:06I really wanted everyone to see this.
00:22:10I agree
00:22:11In that sense, it's a very valuable exhibit.
00:22:15I agree
00:22:32From here on, I continue my research into the history of war.
00:22:35I will be reporting with reporter Ryo Tomita.
00:22:37thank you
00:22:38thank you
00:22:40That's an incredible magnification.
00:22:43I guess you could say I won.
00:22:44It's like they're all elites.
00:22:45It was a high school where only truly talented people gathered.
00:22:49The fact that so many people have died as a result is quite something.
00:22:52I think it's really tough.
00:22:53Let's revisit the aspects that have been made public in the letter.
00:22:58Mr. Fukuyama wrote about it briefly.
00:23:01Originally popular
00:23:02Was it the kind of place that people would aspire to?
00:23:05This is
00:23:05I agree
00:23:06Of course, there are people who have had such aspirations.
00:23:09However,
00:23:10In the early Showa era, the economy was in a bad state.
00:23:15To make a living, a stable income
00:23:19Or become a soldier who grants you that social status.
00:23:22It is said that many people made that choice.
00:23:25It's really said that it differs depending on each person's perspective and circumstances.
00:23:29And there are also voices that question the very act of waging war.
00:23:33Apparently, there weren't that many of them back then.
00:23:35I agree
00:23:36The early stages of the war were
00:23:37Especially since they were at war outside of Japan, such as in China.
00:23:41We don't know what's happening.
00:23:43And the media was reporting extensively that Japan was winning.
00:23:47That's why.
00:23:48To know the horrors of war, as many people know
00:23:51I couldn't do it.
00:23:52Therefore, it is said that there was an atmosphere that justified the war itself.
00:23:56Yes
00:23:57Mr. Kabira's father is
00:24:00I heard that you once volunteered to be on a suicide mission.
00:24:03The story from that time
00:24:04What kind of stories did you hear?
00:24:07Okinawa has become a battlefield and is now in a very dangerous situation.
00:24:12My father, upon learning about the electoral district,
00:24:14Under the name of Special Public Officer Candidate
00:24:19I'm going to volunteer.
00:24:23Raise your hand.
00:24:24My hometown and my family home
00:24:28I'm from Okinawa.
00:24:30Given the situation in Okinawa
00:24:32I would very much like to apply.
00:24:35When I said that, I wondered what my superior officer would say.
00:24:38To weak soldiers like you
00:24:41There is no need to rely on the strength of weak soldiers.
00:24:44We will win this battle.
00:24:47And with that, they disbanded.
00:24:48So then
00:24:50After the group disbanded
00:24:52Come to my father
00:24:53This superior officer whispered in my ear
00:24:56There are no more planes to take you guys on.
00:25:01That's the story.
00:25:03The airplane itself was already gone by then
00:25:06There wasn't any.
00:25:07I was conscripted into a city at the end of the war.
00:25:09The electoral district is already in a very tough situation.
00:25:12And when I got home my father
00:25:14I collect pots and pans.
00:25:16He's handing a bamboo spear to a woman.
00:25:19You never know how this battle will turn out.
00:25:23And all of his father
00:25:24He's going to be my grandfather.
00:25:27When everyone tried to calm him down
00:25:28What kind of thing are you saying?
00:25:29My father sees things like that too.
00:25:32So
00:25:33When the electoral district becomes really tough
00:25:36The hardship of the situation
00:25:38And then it was bombed.
00:25:41It's Taipei, right?
00:25:43They've even seen the corpses.
00:25:45And when I hear stories like that
00:25:48I happened to receive a message from my healthy 99-year-old father.
00:25:51You can hear stories like this, but
00:25:53For musicians like this
00:25:54Those are exactly the kinds of voices that are being heard.
00:25:56It's contained within, isn't it?
00:25:59I would really like you to experience this for yourself.
00:26:03yes
00:26:03It's a history that can be used, isn't it?
00:26:04I agree
00:26:07I'd also like to hear what Mr. Kabira just said.
00:26:10It's incredibly realistic, isn't it?
00:26:12It was a much more dramatic story than that.
00:26:14We've also received feedback from our viewers.
00:26:16This arrived from Saruko-san in Fukuoka Prefecture.
00:26:19When I was in elementary school, there was one day a year when we had to go to school during summer vacation.
00:26:24Peace education was always included.
00:26:26See the horrors of the atomic bomb and the damage caused by war through photographs.
00:26:30Being
00:26:30To be honest, it was a scary and unpleasant day.
00:26:33However, as an adult, the classes
00:26:36I've come to realize that it was something I needed most during my childhood.
00:26:39When you are still highly sensitive
00:26:42War must never happen.
00:26:44I believe that engraving these lessons in our hearts is the most important form of peace education.
00:26:49Things you learn as a child, you know
00:26:51That might be really important.
00:26:52Here's another one.
00:26:53Konatsu from Shizuoka Prefecture
00:26:55When I was in high school
00:26:57My grandfather told me about going to Yokaren.
00:27:00I haven't told my own children about it.
00:27:02It's good to tell me, your grandchild.
00:27:04I remember hearing the story together with my younger brother.
00:27:07My grandfather said he couldn't land properly.
00:27:10I heard that only the most capable people went to the battlefield.
00:27:13This summer
00:27:14My middle school daughter said she wants to go to Hiroshima.
00:27:17I went to places like the Atomic Bomb Dome.
00:27:19He said it made him think about a lot of things.
00:27:22Next, let's talk about Grandfather Cao.
00:27:25I also want to visit the Yokaren Museum.
00:27:28We have also received messages.
00:27:31Now, let's look at the next one.
00:27:33To think about war and peace
00:27:35This museum incorporates student ideas.
00:27:41In Kita Ward, Kyoto City, where World Heritage sites such as Kinkaku-ji Temple are located
00:27:45There are museums you can visit while you're sightseeing.
00:27:50That is the Ritsumeikan University International Peace Museum.
00:27:57The exhibits cover the history of war and peace in Japan and around the world.
00:28:02Materials
00:28:06As Japan progressed towards modernization
00:28:08Learn about the history of how they expanded their territory in Asia and other regions.
00:28:12You can
00:28:16On this day, international students came to visit as part of their coursework.
00:28:20They were there.
00:28:22Many students from this university went to war.
00:28:28So let's learn about peace.
00:28:31Let's cherish peace.
00:28:32Let's make peace the foundation of education.
00:28:36That's how the university started.
00:28:41What this museum values ​​most is asking questions.
00:28:47For example, what happens when a war starts?
00:28:52-ner
00:28:54Testimonies reflecting on the complex emotions experienced during wartime in the postwar period.
00:28:57or
00:29:00The exhibition includes photographs of people marching with the urns containing the remains of fallen soldiers.
00:29:04This is shown
00:29:09The guides are student staff.
00:29:14Wakako Okada, a third-year student in the Faculty of Industrial Sociology
00:29:18A photograph of soldiers wounded in the war, shown to a student from China.
00:29:22I was guiding Makoto.
00:29:27Soldiers kill people and
00:29:30I think they are the kind of people who are highly likely to be perpetrators in a war setting.
00:29:35Yes,
00:29:36On the other hand, they were also victims.
00:29:40The fact that there are victims no matter where you go is what war is all about.
00:29:46I think that's amazing.
00:29:51The questions themselves were also the student staff's ideas.
00:29:55We discussed and decided on this during the renovation three years ago.
00:30:00There is also a section where visitors can answer those questions.
00:30:05The aim is to create an opportunity to think about war and peace.
00:30:09Yes
00:30:15Student staff will be ready to accommodate the arrival of international students.
00:30:18We discussed and decided on what was important to us through questioning.
00:30:25Some of the students who act as guides are international students from overseas.
00:30:53What form does peace in the international community take?
00:30:57I ended up asking a question.
00:31:04The person Okada saw as a student from Italy was
00:31:07Photographs of demonstrations held during the Sino-Japanese War.
00:31:13Demonstrations can also potentially lead to a new form of conflict.
00:31:20I think it's something like that.
00:31:22But do you think that's necessary? To speak up?
00:31:26I think it's very necessary for me.
00:31:29For example, a month ago I attended a lecture held in Kyoto.
00:31:36For example, Balesitynyan can't raise her voice, nothing has changed.
00:31:40do not have?
00:31:41Will nothing change if we don't speak up?
00:31:43It seems like nothing will change.
00:31:45I believe I have a responsibility as a young person now, so I cherish it very much.
00:31:59Regarding the killing of Koreans in the chaos of the Great Kanto Earthquake
00:32:03In front of the exhibit
00:32:05A student staff member from South Korea asked a question.
00:32:08I was being attacked.
00:32:13For example, as a Korean, I am currently experiencing discrimination and racial discrimination.
00:32:17racism
00:32:18Can you feel it?
00:32:20Are there any left?
00:32:23For the current generation, it's just a matter of knowing that this is the history.
00:32:29I've been studying, and I guess I'm just thinking that there have been incidents like this in the past.
00:32:34yes
00:32:38Through dialogue initiated by a question
00:32:41Visitors and student staff can gain insights from each other.
00:32:45It is
00:32:47Conversely, I think there's also the possibility of gathering information from those visitors.
00:32:50Therefore
00:32:51Even in that kind of learning, you can find enjoyment or interest, right?
00:32:55We are here
00:32:57Even though the goal of peace is the same, there are many different ways of living to achieve it.
00:33:02Is there any?
00:33:03It really makes you think.
00:33:05I also feel a responsibility for that future.
00:33:10So how do we create peace?
00:33:13I think I need to think about this seriously.
00:33:20That's wonderful!
00:33:22People from different historical and cultural backgrounds have come together.
00:33:26They spoke from their respective perspectives, and it was all very honest and straightforward.
00:33:32In response to such a straightforward question
00:33:33I hope you can all answer so frankly again.
00:33:36I wish this could be a part of everyday life.
00:33:39Because that's how I was taught in my country before I became a university student.
00:33:43And so on.
00:33:44That's right.
00:33:45Are there times when they are different?
00:33:46You can also compare them that way.
00:33:49It's not about arguing, it's about dialogue.
00:33:51I'll listen to various opinions and things like that.
00:33:54It's amazing that a university is actually doing this.
00:33:59Universities are supposed to be places of learning, but
00:34:03During the war, students were conscripted into the military.
00:34:06Many students will be sent from universities to the battlefield.
00:34:10I did.
00:34:11This incident highlights the need to reflect on the past and learn from history.
00:34:15At Ritsumeikan University, citizens continue to pass on the memories of the war.
00:34:20Let's cooperate.
00:34:21This museum opened in 1992.
00:34:25University museums have different characteristics from typical museums.
00:34:29Well,
00:34:30Exhibitions from an educational or academic perspective
00:34:32Also, they exhibited from a unique perspective, as seen in the video.
00:34:36The fact that they exist is their defining characteristic.
00:34:38I'd like to talk about university museums.
00:34:40Let me introduce one more thing.
00:34:42Here it is.
00:34:44Meiji University Peace Education Banner and Research Institute Museum
00:34:48This is the Ikuta Campus of Meiji University in Kanagawa Prefecture.
00:34:51It's a museum.
00:34:52This building, right?
00:34:53In fact, during the war, the Army Research Institute
00:34:57A building that was once used for research into biological weapons and other related topics.
00:35:02one
00:35:03They're using it as a museum, preserving it as much as possible in its original form.
00:35:07That's right.
00:35:09What kind of things are on display?
00:35:11For example, like this
00:35:12At first glance, it's hard to tell what this is.
00:35:14These appear to be the remains of experimental equipment that was used in research at the time.
00:35:19Yes
00:35:19Immediately after the end of the war, a large-scale operation to destroy evidence was carried out.
00:35:25That's right
00:35:26They dug up things that had been burned or buried.
00:35:30So this is what the exhibition is like now.
00:35:34It seems this evidence tampering operation was indeed carried out in an organized manner.
00:35:36The actual item is quite rare, though.
00:35:39Even so, the atmosphere at the time
00:35:42A valuable item that gives us a glimpse into what was happening.
00:35:45You can see
00:35:46This is also something that the university is running.
00:35:51Ms. Yanaguchi takes her children to various museums.
00:35:54I hear you've been subjected to that before.
00:35:55That's right, my children are now in high school, middle school, and elementary school.
00:36:00timing
00:36:02Even in the world we live in today, wars are taking place.
00:36:08We decided to make this a year to learn about war.
00:36:11I went to Hiroshima and Nagasaki during my summer vacation.
00:36:15What is peace? What is war?
00:36:19And the fact that I am alive now means that I have life.
00:36:22It's because of the people who experienced and died in these wars.
00:36:27That is
00:36:28I went there intending to ensure they learned thoroughly.
00:36:31How was your child?
00:36:32Did you share any thoughts or feelings you had?
00:36:35It really makes you realize that war can wipe away your everyday life in an instant.
00:36:41I was very shocked.
00:36:43It really makes you realize how precious peace is.
00:36:50of
00:36:50I think the children probably felt it in their own way.
00:36:53I think it's really good to ask such questions during a sensitive age.
00:36:58I thought
00:37:00I hear that Mr. Kabira and his family have traveled around quite a bit.
00:37:03I agree
00:37:04The biggest war of that kind or past
00:37:09And by learning about Okinawa, my hometown
00:37:122015 marked exactly 70 years since the end of the war, right?
00:37:16In the 70th year after the war, the head of the family
00:37:19I went to Okinawa with my second son's family, who live in America.
00:37:24Go
00:37:25I saw the stone ground of peace.
00:37:29Those are all war dead.
00:37:32Japanese military personnel in Okinawa
00:37:35And it's a stone area where the names of all the American soldiers are inscribed, right?
00:37:41Furthermore, I also went to Henoko.
00:37:43And recently I went to the Sakima Art Museum.
00:37:48I thought it would be better to do this after my daughter has become an adult.
00:37:53This map of the Okinawa Line is incredibly impactful, isn't it?
00:37:58Please click here
00:37:59As I mentioned at the morning market last July...
00:38:03The Sakima Art Museum is exhibiting a map of the Okinawa Line.
00:38:08It is a painting that was created based on testimonies collected at the time.
00:38:13Works by Marukiiri Toshifu
00:38:18It's about 4.5 x 8 meters, right?
00:38:20It's an incredibly large painting.
00:38:24The true horror of war
00:38:25The tragedy of the Okinawa Line in particular
00:38:28There are also records indicating that the Japanese military massacred islanders.
00:38:35It really conveys just how tragic the situation is.
00:38:41Of course, it's true that our present is built upon those sacrifices.
00:38:45To avoid doing such things as much as possible
00:38:48I wonder how I should do it.
00:38:50It's like the first step in exploring different options.
00:38:53It was quite shocking.
00:38:56My daughter and wife are quite
00:39:01There were times when I would just look down.
00:39:04But it was a valuable experience.
00:39:07thank you
00:39:08Right now
00:39:09There was talk about doing it while you're young and highly impressionable.
00:39:13For the younger generation.
00:39:14To make people feel closer to war
00:39:16There are some places that are doing unique things.
00:39:19I've just prepared a tablet for Mr. Yamaguchi.
00:39:22Yes, there are.
00:39:22May I take a look at this for a moment?
00:39:24Right now
00:39:25This is the Peace Memorial Museum located in Shinjuku Ward.
00:39:29The fact that you can view the permanent exhibition virtually in this way is a great idea.
00:39:34combination
00:39:34This involves zooming in on various things.
00:39:36You can change your perspective.
00:39:37Okay, let's try it.
00:39:38amazing
00:39:39This is inside the permanent exhibition hall.
00:39:42With just one finger
00:39:44Let's take a look.
00:39:45I lend it out quite a lot.
00:39:46Enlarge
00:39:46amazing
00:39:47Can't it be enlarged?
00:39:49Wow, that's amazing!
00:39:50Half match
00:39:52If you go a little too far, you'll go beyond the limit.
00:39:55I see
00:39:56The picture quality is actually pretty good.
00:39:58You can read it very clearly!
00:40:00This is a bath from post-war Siberia in northeastern Russia.
00:40:03After being swept away
00:40:04This exhibit mainly focuses on people who have returned to their home countries.
00:40:08It's kind of like being able to see it virtually from inside.
00:40:12I feel like now is the right time.
00:40:15Are there actually many museums that are undertaking this kind of initiative?
00:40:18This was the only place among all the places we interviewed that was held virtually.
00:40:21But
00:40:22But there are really a lot of these kinds of museums all over the country.
00:40:25That's right.
00:40:27There are so many.
00:40:29Could you please shift your gaze to the left for a moment?
00:40:32In this kind of exhibition, there is a pressable supplement.
00:40:36Could you please try pressing it?
00:40:38I'll try pressing it.
00:40:39You can enlarge it in this way and view it along with the explanatory text.
00:40:42ru
00:40:42Apparently, this is a jacket issued by the Soviet army.
00:40:47Doesn't this look like it's short-sleeved?
00:40:49Back then, I exchanged food for sleeves.
00:40:56This kind of short-sleeved shape
00:40:58It was there originally
00:41:01So they were exchanging cloth for food?
00:41:04So that's how it is.
00:41:04Moreover, the sleeves
00:41:06I imagine it was quite cold back then.
00:41:08In Russia between countries
00:41:11Things like that
00:41:12Ahimeria
00:41:14This means that you can learn these things while staying at home.
00:41:18Yes
00:41:19This museum is really quite open.
00:41:22That's a distinctive feature, isn't it?
00:41:22I agree
00:41:23This museum is now becoming more accessible to young people.
00:41:26It hurts
00:41:27Museums generally ask you not to take too many photos of the exhibits.
00:41:30I think that's something that's said a lot.
00:41:31Many of the exhibits here are available for photography.
00:41:33Moreover, they said, "Please upload it to social media as much as you like."
00:41:37Moreover
00:41:37I think that's one of its distinguishing features.
00:41:39So, when you actually visit this museum...
00:41:42There were a lot of people in their teens and twenties, and also a lot of people from overseas.
00:41:46rassharu
00:41:47You can also go there for free.
00:41:49So, what about other things?
00:41:50Recently renovated museums across Japan
00:41:53I'd like to introduce three of them.
00:41:55Renewal
00:41:55Yes, that's the first thing.
00:41:57This is Hiroshima.
00:41:59Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum is located in Hiroshima Prefecture.
00:42:02This is a place where we have set up a large monitor to display testimony videos, etc.
00:42:05-ner
00:42:05So it was newly established in March of this year, right?
00:42:08And then there's the Nagaoka War Damage Museum in Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture.
00:42:14This place was renovated in May of this year.
00:42:18It was a full-scale model of an air raid shelter that you could actually enter.
00:42:21How did the people in the town escape during the air raids at that time?
00:42:24We are also exhibiting content that allows you to relive the experience digitally.
00:42:29And this is...
00:42:30Setagaya Future Peace Museum is located in Setagaya Ward.
00:42:34It was renovated in April of this year.
00:42:36This one places a lot of importance on asking questions that are geared towards children.
00:42:39There is an exhibit that is
00:42:41It's like asking how you'd feel if your family had to go to war.
00:42:46I put a lot of thought into taking my child along and thinking about it together with them.
00:42:51The exhibition
00:42:51There are quite a few actual exhibits, and the exhibition hall itself is compact.
00:42:55that's why
00:42:55I went with a small child.
00:42:57To watch while thinking and discussing various things
00:43:01I think it's a museum that's just right, or something like that.
00:43:04I think
00:43:05It's great to see so many museums being renovated like this.
00:43:08Why is that?
00:43:09Yes, I think it's now, more than 80 years after the end of the war.
00:43:13Just like Mr. Kabira's father.
00:43:15The number of people who remember that time is steadily decreasing.
00:43:18That is why the need to communicate through objects is increasing.
00:43:22in
00:43:22War museums are about this way of conveying information.
00:43:25We'll do it in various ways.
00:43:27It means they are exploring and devising ways to do that.
00:43:30The museum I introduced today is
00:43:31All of them have free admission or cost only a few hundred yen.
00:43:36Therefore
00:43:36I would definitely recommend you go.
00:43:40I went there on a middle school trip, and I learned about the peace of Hiroshima.
00:43:43Back then,
00:43:45I have a lot of students because I'm from the baby boom generation.
00:43:48I don't know what to say anymore
00:43:50There's really not much left to stop and look around at anymore.
00:43:53Just keep on and on and on
00:43:54So, I think we should definitely go see it again.
00:43:58We also have an uncle nearby who's kind of like that at our house too.
00:44:02I was scheduled to go on a suicide mission, but the war ended, so I didn't have to go.
00:44:05Yo
00:44:05There was a story like that,
00:44:06I guess they won't say anything more than that.
00:44:09The uncle and grandma were also silent.
00:44:10But on the other hand, the current generation is more like this
00:44:14The true reality of war, more so than when we were children.
00:44:18It feels like there are a lot more opportunities to learn these days.
00:44:22There are museums all over the country, too.
00:44:26We also received information from viewers about the museums in various locations.
00:44:30We are here
00:44:30This is from Nishinko-san in Osaka Prefecture.
00:44:33Peace Osaka is located within the grounds of Osaka Castle.
00:44:36There is a museum that primarily exhibits information about the Osaka air raids.
00:44:40Covering the child in the burnt-out field
00:44:42A bronze statue of a parent and child protecting each other is displayed at the front.
00:44:46In addition to regular exhibitions
00:44:48War-related movies as well
00:44:50Films from various countries are also being screened.
00:44:55Regarding war museums that you may know
00:44:57We look forward to receiving more letters from you.
00:44:59Now, here's the news from the news center.
00:45:01please
00:45:04Today I'm going to tell you about war museums.
00:45:08The museum that Yuno and Komon visited
00:45:11There is one more.
00:45:14The next museum is...
00:45:18It's here.
00:45:21This is the Tokyo Air Raid War Damage Data Center, located in Koto Ward, Tokyo.
00:45:37Our guide will be curator Hiroto Hijima.
00:45:43Have you ever heard of the Tokyo air raids?
00:45:46I have heard of it.
00:45:48yes
00:45:48I'm from Tokyo.
00:45:50Have you ever heard anything about when it happened or how many people were involved?
00:45:53Is that no longer available?
00:45:54No, there isn't.
00:45:55Attacked from the air on March 10, 81 years ago
00:46:00It's roughly around this area in one night.
00:46:03This was an event in which more than 100,000 people died.
00:46:12The exhibition room on the first floor displays photographs documenting the events of that time.
00:46:16This is shown
00:46:20There are fewer buildings left.
00:46:23I agree
00:46:24This is where the two of you are now.
00:46:27Actually, this area used to be densely packed with buildings like this.
00:46:31Almost all of the wooden buildings were destroyed by fire.
00:46:36I agree
00:46:38It took place in the early morning of March 10, 1945, at the end of the Pacific War.
00:46:44The Great Tokyo Air Raid
00:46:48Current Koto Ward and Sumida Ward, etc.
00:46:50Approximately 40 square kilometers, mainly in the downtown area of ​​Tokyo.
00:46:55270,000 buildings were damaged.
00:47:01Yuno-chan might know the location too.
00:47:04The long, horizontal photograph above it is of Asakusa.
00:47:10I've been to Asakusa many times.
00:47:13This is the Kaminarimon gate, the part with the butterfly.
00:47:19I don't have any.
00:47:22At that time, Tokyo had munitions factories lined up along the Sumida River.
00:47:27The American military targeted that location with air raids.
00:47:34You mean the back, right?
00:47:37I was in Asakusa.
00:47:40They're quite completely different.
00:47:43I've never really seen actual photos like this before.
00:47:51On the second floor of the exhibition hall
00:47:53The way in which ordinary civilians were caught up in the war
00:47:57There are exhibits that you can visit.
00:48:01This exhibit recreates a house in Tokyo during wartime.
00:48:05It's really dark.
00:48:06That thing hanging in the middle is a light bulb.
00:48:09Yeah?
00:48:10Is this it?
00:48:11yes
00:48:12This lamp, the light is on, but
00:48:15Quite dark
00:48:18At the time, to avoid being spotted from the air...
00:48:21Light-regulating transparency is implemented.
00:48:25Lampshades and light bulbs that minimized light leakage were used.
00:48:31Are you doing okay with studying and your daily life?
00:48:39That's tough.
00:48:40It's in textbooks and stuff like that.
00:48:42Studying with this is quite difficult.
00:48:46There are definitely a lot of people who left a strong impression on me.
00:48:52When I was able to remove that cloth
00:48:55I finally realized that the war was over.
00:49:00I see.
00:49:00Because it was an everyday occurrence.
00:49:03that's right
00:49:05Oh, we have disaster prevention hoods.
00:49:09They call them disaster prevention hoods now.
00:49:11During this war, they're called air raid hoods.
00:49:15air raid hood
00:49:15These items around here are the seven essential air defense tools.
00:49:20During air raids, it's dangerous, so you want to run away.
00:49:24Ordinary people are
00:49:27If a fire had broken out during the air raid...
00:49:29Putting out the fire was an obligation.
00:49:33But it won't be in time, right?
00:49:35I won't make it.
00:49:36100,000 deaths in one night is an incredible number.
00:49:39This is definitely one of the reasons.
00:49:42Everyone tried their best to put out the fire instead of running away.
00:49:45Because I was told to
00:49:47Hey, even that will just disappear, won't it?
00:49:51It's not fire.
00:49:54In fact, the weapons used in the air raids included
00:49:57Weapons designed to make fires spread more easily were also used.
00:50:10What was dropped from the bomber was
00:50:12This bundle of incendiary bombs
00:50:15These are bombs designed to be dropped on houses or other buildings to start fires.
00:50:35Among the incendiary bombs used by the American military at the time were
00:50:39It was filled with a special fuel.
00:50:43naphtha and palm oil, which are produced from crude oil.
00:50:47This is napalm, the raw material used.
00:50:51With the aim of efficiently burning down Japanese wooden houses
00:50:55Incendiary bombs using napalm were used.
00:51:02What were the conditions like for the civilians during the air raids?
00:51:05We also have on display writings and drawings by people who have experienced the event.
00:51:10This painting really depicts a scene where the surroundings were engulfed in flames, right?
00:51:17A woman flees from the raging flames, covering her head with her thigh.
00:51:21sex
00:51:22In front of me was a picture of a baby with burns and blisters.
00:51:28It is
00:51:31This means that it flew away again behind it.
00:51:34Was it terrifying?
00:51:36So it flew and was blown away.
00:51:38Wind of about 20-30 meters per second
00:51:48While bombers fly
00:51:50Two people stand frozen in front of the burning school.
00:51:53This is a scene from when a 12-year-old boy and his younger brother evacuated.
00:51:59I'm currently in my fourth year of university.
00:52:02It would be incredibly sad if the place you'd been in for four years burned down, wouldn't it?
00:52:13I was planning to go to a place I thought was safe.
00:52:19It's understandable to panic when something catches fire.
00:52:29This museum regularly holds lectures by air raid survivors.
00:52:33It is open.
00:52:40Haruyo Ihei, 90 years old, experienced the Tokyo air raids.
00:52:45How old were you during the air raids?
00:52:49Back then, we used to refer to the age of the family head.
00:52:54I'm 9 years old.
00:52:57However
00:52:58With me
00:52:59I'm 20 years old, but I still feel like I'm 9.
00:53:04Ihei shared his experiences from that time.
00:53:06I want people to understand that war is connected to the present.
00:53:10The peace talks are continuing.
00:53:15Ihei was living with his parents, who ran a shop in Koto Ward.
00:53:23On the night of the air raid, I slept at my home near Kameido Station.
00:53:27There was
00:53:29I told her to get up because today was different from usual.
00:53:33So I jumped up
00:53:35I just changed clothes and went outside for a bit.
00:53:41Ihei lived with his mother and sister.
00:53:44I fled to the air-raid shelter right next to my house.
00:53:48Only women and children are allowed inside.
00:53:53Men, and males of middle school age and older
00:53:57If you were in an air-raid shelter, you were considered unpatriotic.
00:54:02A fine ticket has been issued.
00:54:05How big is it?
00:54:06That's a good observation.
00:54:09It's a little larger than one tatami mat.
00:54:12It gets really crowded when you put 7 or 8 people inside.
00:54:16Hyuruhyuruhyuruhyuruhyuruhyuruhyuru
00:54:22ru
00:54:22There's a loud banging sound, like an explosion.
00:54:25Incendiary bombs probably started falling.
00:54:28I remember being really scared even inside the air raid shelter.
00:54:33The air raids intensified.
00:54:35Nihei and his family began evacuating in search of a safer place.
00:54:39Mr. Miss.
00:54:40We all held hands the whole time so we wouldn't get separated.
00:54:47However, the air raid hood caught fire.
00:54:50When I tried to take it off, my hand slipped from my dad's.
00:54:56I got separated from my parents and younger sister.
00:54:59I, who was about the same age as Ino-chan, ran away alone through the flames.
00:55:04hand
00:55:04That's amazing, isn't it?
00:55:05What would you think if you were in that situation?
00:55:08Well, it's already solidified, isn't it?
00:55:11That was scary.
00:55:13I really felt the same way I did back then, wondering what to do.
00:55:17I was wondering what to do when I first came out.
00:55:23Nihei-san then lost consciousness.
00:55:25I woke up at dawn after the air raid had ended.
00:55:29It is said that many bodies were piled on top of Mr. Nihei.
00:55:34It remained on top of me.
00:55:36I was being dragged from underneath.
00:55:40And it was indeed just dirt on top of that.
00:55:43My dad found it for me.
00:55:45They found it for me
00:55:46Why do you continue to share your experiences from that time?
00:55:53Everyone who lived in the mountain lodge era is gone.
00:55:57If that happens, won't we be heading back to the era of mountain lodges again?
00:56:04With that in mind, I think that era was the best.
00:56:07How did people have to live and die?
00:56:12I hope this will serve as a reference for how you will live your life going forward.
00:56:17When we were talking, those painful memories came to mind, didn't they?
00:56:23But even so, conveying these feelings to all of you is
00:56:30I'm truly filled with gratitude, that's wonderful.
00:56:34thank you
00:56:35I'm happy that you feel that way.
00:56:43I'm really glad there are people who are passing on this message.
00:56:48It really feels like now is the only chance.
00:56:51I'm so glad I got to hear such valuable information.
00:56:55My grandmother too.
00:56:58I was in the vicinity of Asakusa when the bombing raids were massive.
00:57:01Back then, everything really did burn down.
00:57:05They said they had nothing and nothing to eat.
00:57:08So every time I go to my grandmother's house
00:57:11My grandmother will take my items for pawn.
00:57:14I asked if it was delicious.
00:57:16But, you know, Grandma's
00:57:17When I was a child, we really didn't have anything to eat.
00:57:20Being able to eat right now is a source of happiness and reassurance.
00:57:23I remember hearing that over and over again.
00:57:28Also, during air raids, putting out fires was an obligation.
00:57:32I didn't know until today
00:57:34So that happened too.
00:57:36That's right.
00:57:38Fines may be imposed.
00:57:39So, there were penalties like that, too.
00:57:42That was definitely one of the reasons the damage spread.
00:57:44That's what they're saying.
00:57:45I interviewed them this time.
00:57:46Something truly unimaginably cruel happened.
00:57:51I learned this again.
00:57:52I really need to know
00:57:54I realized this again through this interview.
00:57:56And then
00:57:57The museum staff would really like to be featured.
00:58:00There is something you mentioned.
00:58:02Let me introduce it to you.
00:58:03This vending machine...
00:58:06This is it.
00:58:07A portion of the sales will be used to support the museum's operation.
00:58:10It has become
00:58:11It's a vending machine.
00:58:13We are collaborating with beverage manufacturers.
00:58:15At this museum now
00:58:16They're looking for someone to install a vending machine.
00:58:22Mr. Tomita, there are museums that are currently facing significant management challenges.
00:58:26I agree
00:58:27I agree
00:58:27This museum is privately run.
00:58:31Much of the operating costs have been supported by donations.
00:58:34However, as the generation that experienced war dwindles...
00:58:38Apparently, these kinds of donations have decreased significantly.
00:58:42Through initiatives such as these vending machines
00:58:45do
00:58:45They said they wanted to somehow continue running the business.
00:58:49Utilize crowdfunding from other museums
00:58:53There are some places that do so.
00:58:54It is important to learn about the history of wars like this.
00:58:56To preserve a museum where people can learn what happened during the war.
00:58:59to
00:58:59What we can do and how we can help
00:59:02I hope you'll consider it.
00:59:07We've received a lot of messages from our viewers.
00:59:11Mako, a woman in her 60s from Tokyo
00:59:13When I go abroad, I visit museums related to the country's wars.
00:59:17I try to do that.
00:59:18Views and expressions of war differ from country to country.
00:59:22You can view war from many different perspectives.
00:59:24The only thing they have in common is the feeling of the silentness of war.
00:59:28is
00:59:30And here's another one, a man in his 40s named Pitan from Gunma Prefecture.
00:59:34More than 20 years ago at the university, John Kabira's father
00:59:38I am taking a lecture.
00:59:40Today, I heard Mr. Kabira's harrowing story about his time in Taiwan.
00:59:44As for the cheerful Mr. Nagase
00:59:46I was surprised to learn that such a cheerful teacher had had such an experience.
00:59:51I am shocked this morning.
00:59:53Elderly people who have had such painful experiences
00:59:55What are your thoughts on the world today?
00:59:58We, the parents' generation, must pass this on to the next generation.
01:00:01I felt that it wouldn't happen.
01:00:03I would really like to visit the Amida Museum.
01:00:07thank you
01:00:09We've also received feedback from younger generations.
01:00:12This was submitted by Stitch, a teenager from Kanagawa Prefecture.
01:00:15I happened to see the morning train today during the 9th leg of our school trip.
01:00:19I just learned a lot about war at school.
01:00:22There is a peace museum in Kanagawa, where I live.
01:00:25I'd like to go with my family next time and learn about the war.
01:00:29By the way, my great-grandfather was a good man.
01:00:34Thank you for sending me a message sharing your thoughts and feelings after watching it.
01:00:38And what is common in museums in various places is
01:00:42It's located in Chilan.
01:00:44We received many submissions, including one from a young woman in Kumamoto Prefecture who wishes for peace.
01:00:47I went to the Chiran Special Attack Unit Memorial Museum this summer.
01:00:51When I read photographs and letters of child soldiers
01:00:54As a mother of a 13-year-old son, I can relate to this situation.
01:00:58did
01:00:59From the person I went with
01:01:00I heard that this place is where the souls of soldiers reside.
01:01:03I'm sure there's something they want to tell us who are living today.
01:01:07I don't think so
01:01:08I couldn't help but think that.
01:01:09I received a message.
01:01:14I think the correct name is the Chiran Special Attack Peace Museum.
01:01:19This is a message saying, "I went here."
01:01:22Then I think I'll go here too.
01:01:25I received this from Haru Mio in Hyogo Prefecture.
01:01:29I went to Okinawa on a school trip in junior high school.
01:01:31I have a very strong memory of having witnessed the endurance ritual.
01:01:35In that pitch black and extremely humid place
01:01:38A history in which many people evacuated and lost their lives.
01:01:41It's a cave, right?
01:01:42Yes, in Okinawa, there are voices from people who have experienced it.
01:01:45The experience of directly experiencing the atmosphere of a place
01:01:48Even now that I'm an adult, it remains the starting point for my reflections on the importance of peace.
01:01:53You can also see the remaining stagnation in Okinawa.
01:01:58And then there's the morning glory from Aichi Prefecture.
01:02:01This summer I went to see the Hiroshima Panels at the Maruki Gallery.
01:02:06Built with assets donated by individuals
01:02:08It has continued with the support of the citizens.
01:02:11War Museum Peace Aichi
01:02:14I also received the title.
01:02:16I might go to this one too.
01:02:17This is a worried mom from Kanagawa Prefecture.
01:02:19When my sons were in second grade of elementary school and the last year of preschool
01:02:23During my trip to Okinawa, I went to the Himeyuri Peace Memorial Museum.
01:02:27I did
01:02:28I thought it might be too early, though.
01:02:30My eldest son gradually became more and more taciturn.
01:02:32By the time the tour was over, she was quietly shedding tears.
01:02:35I didn't ask for their opinion.
01:02:38Later, when I had children
01:02:40I told them that we shouldn't go to war, using some kind of story as a pretext.
01:02:44There was
01:02:46Here it comes
01:02:46We've also received many comments from people who have gone with their children.
01:02:49thank you
01:02:50Also, we have received a lot from our viewers.
01:02:52Let me introduce it to you at the end.
01:02:55That concludes our explanation of war museums.
01:02:57Thank you, Mr. Tomita.
01:02:58thank you
01:03:01This was my report from here this morning.
01:03:04Today's feature is about war museums in various locations.
01:03:08I did it.
01:03:08First, from Mr. Ando.
01:03:09There is one thing I would like to make clear here.
01:03:11In the video, there was a comment about bringing 1 yen.
01:03:15The correct way to say it was "I have 1 yen."
01:03:17excuse me
01:03:20And we received over 1200 messages from our viewers.
01:03:23Thank you for your submissions.
01:03:24thank you
01:03:25Let me introduce them to you.
01:03:28First, we received a message from Ponko-san in Miyagi Prefecture.
01:03:31In Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
01:03:32There is a museum commemorating the reconstruction after the war.
01:03:35I'm embarrassed to admit this, but until I was in my twenties...
01:03:38I didn't know that Sendai had been bombed.
01:03:41In a university library science lecture
01:03:44The instructor
01:03:45Today is the anniversary of the Sendai air raid.
01:03:47I was surprised when you said you wouldn't be giving lectures.
01:03:50He protected important books during the air raids.
01:03:53I was asked to reflect on it.
01:03:55The lesson about learning about the war damage in my hometown
01:03:58I think it's necessary.
01:03:59So, lessons about one's hometown are also important, right?
01:04:04And then there's Nokko-san from Tokyo.
01:04:06At the foot of the bridge over the Sumida River
01:04:08There are small shrines and Jizo statues.
01:04:11This was an unprecedented event during the Tokyo air raids.
01:04:13It is now bustling with tourists.
01:04:15Higashibashi Bridge, overlooking Tokyo Skytree
01:04:17Kototoi Bridge
01:04:18It's not a museum, though.
01:04:20Please stop and take a look.
01:04:22You can check it when you visit.
01:04:26And then there's Komako from Tokyo.
01:04:30Born in 1929 (Showa 4)
01:04:32My father, who is from Aizu, was a school teacher.
01:04:34In order to clear Aizu's name of the stigma of being an enemy of the court
01:04:38I was told to volunteer for Yokaren.
01:04:41As the second son
01:04:42He apparently enlisted at the age of 15.
01:04:45If you are late in putting on gaiters
01:04:47The response was too quiet.
01:04:49I was hit by my superior officer.
01:04:51He died in a training failure.
01:04:53He gathered up the bodies of his classmates.
01:04:55I remember him telling me the story in a pained and distressed tone.
01:04:59There were also some who died during training.
01:05:02There were a lot of them.
01:05:04You can see that from this story as well.
01:05:06Then I received it from Han-gyo-don in Fukui Prefecture.
01:05:10I happened to be absent from school today because I had a cold.
01:05:138-year-old daughter
01:05:14I was watching very intently.
01:05:16I would like to visit Hiroshima with her someday.
01:05:19May the future in which she lives be peaceful.
01:05:22May we work together to create peace.
01:05:26I received messages from young people today as well.
01:05:29If your child is watching this program with you today...
01:05:31I feel happy about that.
01:05:34Next up is Nekoneko-san from Oita Prefecture.
01:05:37My mother is 82 years old.
01:05:38A story I heard from my mother
01:05:40During the war, my grandmother held my mother, who was still a baby at the time.
01:05:43To the place where they evacuated
01:05:44I was with soldiers who will be going to war tomorrow.
01:05:48If you are worried about the sound of a baby crying continuously
01:05:51I don't know if I'll ever hear the sound of a baby crying again, a sound that doesn't require any concern.
01:05:55from
01:05:55They were told it was fine as it was.
01:06:00And then there was this message too
01:06:02I received this from Fujiju-san in Kochi Prefecture.
01:06:06When I was little
01:06:07When I went to visit Grandma Cao's house
01:06:09Grandma Cao, who was watching TV, turned her face away.
01:06:12There was a time when I was asked to turn off the TV.
01:06:15Commercials for war-themed movies, etc.
01:06:18Things related to war
01:06:19Remembering my two sons who died on the battlefield
01:06:22They told me they were sad.
01:06:25There are no remains or personal belongings.
01:06:26I kept waiting until I passed away at the age of 98.
01:06:31As a mother, I began to understand my grandmother's feelings.
01:06:34An indescribable sadness wells up inside me.
01:06:39I also received one from Akukun Mama in Ibaraki Prefecture.
01:06:44The number of people who experienced the war is steadily decreasing.
01:06:47I was able to hear about her experience directly from my grandmother.
01:06:51Machine gun fire from an airplane
01:06:54I ran away and hid in the shadow of something that happened to be nearby.
01:06:57He survived.
01:06:59My grandfather went missing during the Tokyo air raids.
01:07:02He later returned home.
01:07:03Things I was worried about
01:07:05My father's uncle was taken to Siberia.
01:07:09He passed away without ever publicly discussing what happened in Siberia.
01:07:14I imagine there were many people who passed away without ever letting go of their beloved pet.
01:07:19I received many other things as well.
01:07:21In Asakuchi City, Okayama Prefecture, there is the Doremi Collection Museum.
01:07:25There is something like that.
01:07:27In Suo-Oshima Town, Yamaguchi Prefecture
01:07:29I mentioned that there's a museum called the Six Memorial Hall.
01:07:32To all the museum staff in various locations
01:07:34Thank you so much for your submissions.
01:07:37How was your day, Mr. Kabutani?
01:07:41I realized there's still so much more I need to learn.
01:07:46That's true.
01:07:46And I also learned that there are museums in various locations.
01:07:49Thank you so much to our two guests!
01:07:51thank you
01:07:51excuse me
01:07:52thank you
01:07:52Thank you for watching.
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