A Piece of Battle in Suwa Park

Suwa Park is located on top of a small hill in Hon-Cho, which faces the main gate of the naval base currently used by the U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self Defense Force.

Right below the park is Suwa Dai Jinja shrine, where the head priest is the 23rd generation of the same family which has faithfully managed the gods' house for a few hundred years.

There are several monuments in Suwa Park, but one, in particular, is a stark and remarkable symbol of the cost of naval warfare, and Japan Imperial Navy's 19th-to-20th century history of sea battles...