#iwakuni

In reference to Gôtoku-ji, a maneki-neko tram runs the Setagaya line in Western Tokyo.

Iwakuni

POW exchange during and after the Korean War (1953):

RAAF Nursing Sister Pam Leahy with one of the first group of POWs to be exchanged (April 21st, 1953).

Commandant Robinson of the Australian Red Cross greets one of a group of recently exchanged POWs on their arrival in Japan from Korea (August 6th, 1953).  In the background is RAAF Nursing Sister Helen Blair, who accompanied the group on their flight.

Helen Blair tends to one of the second group of POWs to be exchanged following the signing of the ceasefire (August 6th, 1953). They are flying from Korea to Japan.

Senior RAAF Nursing Sister Helen Cleary [right] and Sister Pam Leahy [left] see to the comfort of a recently exchanged POW in the RAAF hospital at Iwakuni (Japan, August 6th, 1953).

蜂の巣の子供たち / Children of the Beehive Hiroshi Shimizu. 1948

Bridge Kintai Bridge, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi 741-0062, Japan See in map