The controversial Yasukuni Shrine, a source of perennial tension between Japan and its East Asian neighbors, and the Peace Parks of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are well-known in and out of Japan as the country's representative war memorials, drawing millions of visitors each year.

But these are only the most well-known sites in a country littered with hundreds, if not thousands, of smaller war memorials, shrines and museums, as well as simple stone markers that provide a glimpse into how Japanese, or at least those living near the memorials, choose to interpret and remember their nation's past.

Besides Yasukuni, what other well-known places commemorate World War II?