We spent an afternoon at the Peace Park and Memorial Museum in Hiroshima. It evokes very vividly the destruction wrought on the city when the atomic bomb was dropped on the morning of 6th August 1945.
Perhaps the most emotive place of all is the Childrens Peace Monument, which was erected in memory of a little girl – Sadako Sasaki who died from leukaemia following radiation exposure. When first ill she believed that if she could fold 1000 origami cranes she would cure herself. She never managed it. Near the monument are multiple glass cases containing cranes that people have sent from around the world as a gesture in support of peace. While we were there several parties of Japanese schoolchildren came and seemed to perform a simple ceremony before laying some paper cranes at the foot of the monument.
oi Beth
esse seu post e emocionante…
tem fotos?
bjnhos
Oi Adriana!
Sim , temos fotos aqui: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrstopher/4709280548/ e aqui: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrstopher/4709388648/
O conto é muito triste, né?
Bejinhos, Beth
Hi Louisa
Are you having a good time?
To me it looks great, I wish I was there too!
From Hannah
P.S the Hoodwinked performance was great fun.
Dear all,
I’m so glad you made it safely, and am enjoying your comments about Japan! Congratulations on the blog – it’s very good. I hope you don’t mind, but Sarah (Gulland) forwarded it me, so I could catch up with you!
Hope to see you again in Oxford sometime!
Best wishes
Edwina