The is a

cenotaph A cenotaph is an empty grave, tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere or have been lost. It can also be the initial tomb for a person who has since been reinterred elsewhere. Although t ...

tower in

Tondabayashi, Osaka is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 108,803, in 51,632 households and a population density of 1200 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Tondabayashi is located in the sou ...

, Japan.

General

The official name of the cenotaph tower is literally . The tower is 180 m in height, white in color, and built by the Church of Perfect Liberty in August 1970. The tower was built by Tokyu Construction. The

is dedicated to the

soul The soul is the purported Mind–body dualism, immaterial aspect or essence of a Outline of life forms, living being. It is typically believed to be Immortality, immortal and to exist apart from the material world. The three main theories that ...

s of all war victims in

history History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some t ...

, regardless of race,

ethnic group An ethnicity or ethnic group is a group of people with shared attributes, which they collectively believe to have, and long-term endogamy. Ethnicities share attributes like language, culture, common sets of ancestry, traditions, society, re ...

sovereign state A sovereign state is a State (polity), state that has the highest authority over a territory. It is commonly understood that Sovereignty#Sovereignty and independence, a sovereign state is independent. When referring to a specific polity, the ter ...

border Borders are generally defined as geography, geographical boundaries, imposed either by features such as oceans and terrain, or by polity, political entities such as governments, sovereign states, federated states, and other administrative divisio ...

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religion Religion is a range of social system, social-cultural systems, including designated religious behaviour, behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, religious text, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics in religion, ethics, or ...

religious denomination A religious denomination is a subgroup within a religion that operates under a common name and tradition, among other activities. The term refers to the various Christian denominations (for example, Oriental Orthodox Churches, non-Chalcedonian, E ...

and

creed A creed, also known as a confession of faith, a symbol, or a statement of faith, is a statement of the shared beliefs of a community (often a religious community) which summarizes its core tenets. Many Christian denominations use three creeds ...

. The cenotaph is also used as a

tomb A tomb ( ''tumbos'') or sepulchre () is a repository for the remains of the dead. It is generally any structurally enclosed interment space or burial chamber, of varying sizes. Placing a corpse into a tomb can be called '' immurement'', alth ...

for unidentified war victims. A ceremony and memorial service, where participants pray for world peace, is held annually on 1 August.

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超宗派万国戦争犠牲者慰霊大平和祈念塔
(in Japanese) {{DEFAULTSORT:Dai Heiwa Kinen To Cemeteries in Japan Buildings and structures in Osaka Prefecture Burial monuments and structures Towers in Japan Military monuments and memorials Cenotaphs in Japan Towers completed in 1970 Monuments and memorials in Japan Tourist attractions in Osaka Prefecture Visionary environments 1970 establishments in Japan Tondabayashi, Osaka

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