A Japanese artist has attained his goal of painting murals in 10 countries to spread a message of peace, completing the last one on his home soil to complete the three-year quest.

Shinichiro Higashi finished a painting of a pigeon holding a white daisy in its mouth on the wall of a hospital in Okinawa on May 15, the 45th anniversary of the prefecture's reversion to Japan after 27 years under U.S. control following World War II.

Higashi, 47, embarked on the project in Egypt in 2014 and continued on to India, Australia, South Korea, Ukraine, Bulgaria, the Philippines, the United States and Mexico to draw murals promoting peace.