“The Hiroshima you see today owes its origin to those passionate dreamers who envisioned a beacon of peace arising from the ashes of nuclear war.”
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Japan Times – Article “Sharing Hiroshima’s legacy in the age of COVID-19”
“How can we raise global consciousness of nuclear war? That is our mission as citizens of Hiroshima.”
Japan Times – Article “Is time running out to preserve Japan’s A-bomb legacy?”
“Suddenly we found that the world was competing to create more powerful nuclear weapons,” says Ogura. “So despite our fear of radiation aftereffects, despite discrimination — we spoke out.”
Japan Times – Article “Keeping the Lesson of Hiroshima Alive Through One Family’s Story”
“I must have looked crazy,” laughs Amano, “driving a cab through downtown Tokyo and shouting, ‘Papa!!!’ with tears in my eyes.”
Japan Times – Article “60 years after Sadako Sasaki’s death, the story behind Hiroshima’s paper cranes is still unfolding”
“They called us the ‘ragged class,’” recalls Tomiko Kawano of her sixth-grade group at Noboricho Elementary School in Hiroshima. “Half our class had lost family in the atomic bombing or were survivors themselves.”
Japan Times – Article “The Atomic Elephant in the Pit”
“Ironically, the subject of the atomic bombing has always existed within the Hiroshima punk scene the same way an irradiated elephant might occupy the slam pit at a bar show — awkwardly, and with a high likelihood of making you spill your drink.”