He very much wanted to prove that wrong , '' says Dixon . Moerenuma Park on the outskirts of Sapporo was the final act of Japanese-American sculptor Isuma Noguchi . The sculpture is a tribute to his mother who died in an automobile accident when he was just three years old. He volunteered to live in an internment camp during WWII to design better equipment for the people in the camp .
Moerenuma Park on the outskirts of Sapporo was the final act of Japanese-American sculptor Isuma Noguchi . The sculpture is a tribute to his mother who died in an automobile accident when he was just three years old. He volunteered to live in an internment camp during WWII to design better equipment for the people in the camp .