heiwagaoka cemetary (Nagoya)

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  Chery McBride

  As a young child, I lived a short distance from Heiwagaoka cemetery. I'm sorry to say we used to play in the cemetery, showing no reverence. I was ages 4 to 7. We were of only 4 or so American families living in a Japanese town. In the 50s, the streets were dirt. It was an idyllic place to grow up. I have no pictures of the cemetery, but remember on one side of the street, there were soldier statues marking each grave and a daruma in red in a cage. The other side of the street had large tombs with concrete stairs and living hedges and gravel atop them. I wish I could see pictures.

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