Heiwadai Park (平和台公園), Miyazaki

I took three photos of Heiwadai Park, located in Miyazaki city. These photos are taken on 04 November 2010.

Summery

Heiwadai Tower or "Peace Tower" (also known as the Hakkō ichiu monument), in the expansive Heiwadai park, is a must-see for tourists. Originally the "Tower of the Emperor," symbolizing Japanese imperial expansion, it was renamed for peace after the events of World War II.

 Next to Heiwadai Tower, there is a Haniwa sculpture figures in garden. The garden is home to a collection of nearly 400 burial statues that include not just those of warriors, but also of animals, dancers, houses, boats and other influential entities. It was a practice during the rule of the Kofun dynasty to create clay statues around the burial grounds of the dead.