Overview

• Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and Princess Aiko laid flowers at Itoman’s National War Dead Peace Mausoleum and at the Cornerstone of Peace, where the names of roughly 240,000 casualties are inscribed.
• They toured the Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum, speaking with survivors and bereaved families to honor local wartime experiences.
• On June 5 the family honored the 1,484 victims of the 1944 Tsushima Maru evacuation ship sinking with a ceremony at its memorial museum.
• Princess Aiko’s first visit to Okinawa reflected the imperial household’s goal of passing wartime history to younger generations.
• The visit concluded with an inspection of Shuri Castle’s reconstruction, linking remembrance of past destruction to contemporary restoration efforts.