Monday, July 7, 2008

Okinawa memorial peace park

Timmy going down a roller slide
Riding a Panda
Just being handsome

May these rust in peace haha

famous cliffs known for mass suicides during the battle of Okinawa
The memorial walls (modeled after the one in Washington)
Going down the rollerslide with Daddy



Timmy in front of a section with his great, great grandparent's names on it.
The begining of the american section
a random view of the walls

these two pics are places famous for mass suicides during the battel of Okinawa
SO today we went and visited the Okinawa memorial peace park today. It is basically a museum in rememberance of the battle of Okinawa, and all the people who died in it wether soldier or civilian, friend or enemy. Its basically a memorial and a plea for peace.






3 comments:

Unknown said...

That was so cool. What a neat place to go to. I love the hat on Timmy by the way too cute!! You look like you have lost weight, or maybe its just the slide! (:

Chris said...

Wow that looks like quite the place! Thanks for the pictures of it! So, do you speak Japanese? (this is Katie by the way..I"m too lazy to log out Chris and log back in as me :))

Mara said...

Can we talk about how cute your son is? What a cool little guy. Laurie and I are hanging out and spying on you via the internet, because we don't know how else to do it. We love you all. Miss you tons!
-Mara and Laurie