Gushiken Takamatsu has been collecting the remains of those who died in the Battle of Okinawa for over 40 years. Up to now, approximately 400 pillars have been found. He calls himself “Gamafya.” Cattail means natural burrow in Okinawa, and fuya means a person who digs. Small bones that have been crushed and scattered, pieces of a teacup, fragments of grenades, traces of flame radiation... From the fragments collected, they infer what kind of end they had, whether they were soldiers or civilians, think back, and mourn. I don't know if bones are really buried there until I dig it up — yet Gushiken says that the act of continuing to dig is not an ideological memorial, but an “behavioral memorial.” It is said that the remains of close to 3000 pillars are still hidden on the Okinawa main island, mainly in the southern part, which was a fierce battleground. It's not just the Okinawan people and former Japanese soldiers. Sediment from the island containing bones of American soldiers and people from the Korean Peninsula and Taiwan is about to be used for reclamation work for the new Henoko base.

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