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Originally Posted by nick1980
what does this Chinese writing here stand for? Can you tell us more about it?
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A shrine in the form of an obelisk was built in the cemetery by a group of internees led by Ryozo Kado in 1943. There is an inscription in Japanese on the shrine that reads:
"Monument to console the souls of the dead." The inscription on the back reads
"August 1943" and
"erected by the Manzanar Japanese." The obelisk shrine currently is draped in strings of origami and has offerings of personal items left by survivors and visitors. The park service periodically itemizes and collects these items in order to gauge the changing feelings of visitors.
