Heiwadai Park, Urban park on a hilltop in Miyazaki, Japan.

Heiwadai Park is a 68.8-hectare municipal park on a hill in the Shimokitagata-cho district of Miyazaki. Its centrepiece is the 36.4-metre Peace Tower, faced with 1,789 cut stones, including more than 370 taken from places Japan invaded or occupied. Four 4.5-metre Shigaraki-ware figures of fisherman, warrior, merchant and farmer stand at its corners, and the Haniwa Garden north of the tower holds over 400 terracotta replicas of excavated burial figures.

The site opened in 1939 as a commemoration tied to Japanese imperial tradition. Stones from multiple Asian countries were incorporated into the Peace Tower, creating a physical symbol of regional connections.

The statues displayed throughout this space recreate ancient burial figurines that reveal how people from Japan's early periods viewed their world. They show warriors, animals, and everyday objects that families placed with their dead, offering a window into the beliefs and daily life of that era.

The site is open 24 hours daily and free to enter, with bus connections from the downtown station. Sturdy shoes are recommended since the hillside paths have varying slopes and can become slippery during wetter seasons.

A small rock sits in the middle of the gravel path in front of the Peace Tower. Visitors climb onto it, clap their hands, and the sound echoes back off the tower in a peculiar way. The tower itself is 36.4 m tall and holds 1,789 cut stones from around the world.