At the damaged site in Ikebukuro caused by the Johoku air raid of the Great Tokyo Air Raid, local residents exhumed bodies buried in the ground in April 1945. In the Johoku Air Raid, one of the five major air raids on Tokyo, from late at night on April 13 to early morning on April 14, 1945, a wide area centered on Toshima Ward, including Kita and Arakawa wards, was set ablaze, killing more than 2,400 people. Ikebukuro was a localized downtown area in Toshima Ward.
The air raid that hit the northwest area of Tokyo from late at night on April 13, 1945 to early the next morning on April 14, 1945 scorched most of Ikebukuro and other areas in Toshima Ward, causing tremendous damage and deep grief. The number of victims was 161,661, or approximately 70% of the population at the time. Many of the victims of the Tokyo Air Raid were buried in a corner of Minami Ikebukuro Park, which was called "Nezuyama" at the time. Hundreds of air raid victims were temporarily buried in the wooded area known as Nezuyama.
In the April 13-14 Johoku air raid, the U.S. Army targeted the Army Ordnance Plant in Oji Ward. In fact, residential areas to the south, including Toshima, Takinogawa, and Arakawa wards, were destroyed by fire. A total of 328 B-29s from various American armies dropped 2,038 tons of incendiary bombs and 82 tons of bombs. The number of houses affected was approximately 170,000, and the number of people affected was approximately 640,000. The death toll was 2,450 according to the Metropolitan Police Department, and 1,661 according to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
From 23:00 on April 13 to April 14, Johoku Air Raid bombed Toshima Ward, Shibuya Ward, Mukojima, Fukagawa, and other areas. The U.S. forces bombed the area with 352 aircraft, 81.9 tons of bombs, and 2,037 tons of incendiary bombs, for a total tonnage of 2.140 tons. The air raid resulted in 200,277 war-damaged houses, an affected population of 666,986, 2,459 dead, and 4,746 injured.
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