Gion Memorial Monument

[Date of construction] July 1970 [Constructors] Gion District Memorial Construction Executive Committee, Gion District Social Welfare Council [History] This monument was built to commemorate the war dead and atomic bomb victims from the Sino-Japanese War to the Pacific War in the old Gion Town (146 people. Of these, 61 were atomic bomb victims, including 38 mobilized students, 8 volunteer corps members, 7 conscripted workers, 6 soldiers, and 2 members of the Labor Patriotic Corps). The monument was originally built in 1932 at Gion Elementary School, but in 1946, following the occupation policy, the government announced a policy (removal of memorials to war dead from schools and public land, etc.), and the local residents dismantled it and buried it underground. After Japan regained its independence, there was a growing demand for a new memorial for the war dead, and in 1970, the current monument was built with donations from local residents. A memorial service is held by the bereaved families every year at the end of July or early August.