{"id":162342,"date":"2024-04-17T16:06:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T07:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=162342&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-04-17T16:06:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T07:06:24","slug":"exhibition-on-wwii-letters-and-writings-opens-in-kitakyushu","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/exhibition-on-wwii-letters-and-writings-opens-in-kitakyushu\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibition on WWII Letters and Writings Opens in Kitakyushu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The &#8220;Kitakyushu City Museum of Peace&#8221; in Kitakyushu&#8217;s Kokurakita Ward is hosting an exhibition titled &#8220;Words from the Battlefield,&#8221; featuring around 50 items including letters from soldiers and last writings of kamikaze pilots during WWII. The exhibit, which will run until July 15, aims to convey the emotional states and impacts of war on families and soldiers, drawing from personal writings like those of a Fukuoka native who perished near Sumatra in 1945. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/kitakyushu-peacemuseum.jp\/new_event.php\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kitakyushu City Museum of Peace<\/span><\/a> <b>\/ <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20240416\/5010024056.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fnn_kitakyushu-piece-museum_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C801&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Exhibition on WWII Letters and Writings Opens in Kitakyushu\" width=\"1400\" height=\"801\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-162351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fnn_kitakyushu-piece-museum_2024_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fnn_kitakyushu-piece-museum_2024_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C172&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fnn_kitakyushu-piece-museum_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C586&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fnn_kitakyushu-piece-museum_2024_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C439&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;Kitakyushu City Museum of Peace&#8221; in Kitakyushu&#8217;s Kokurakita Ward is hosting an exhibition titled &#8220;Words from the Battlefield,&#8221; featuring around 50 items including letters from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":162357,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-162342","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-others","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/162342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}