Children's Peace Monument in the Peace Park Hiroshima Japan
Children's Peace Monument in Hiroshima Japan
Today I visit the Children's Peace Monument in the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima Japan. This is a monument dedicated to Sadako Sasaki, a girl that lost her life to the after effects of the atomic bomb attack. She folded over 1000 paper cranes in hopes to have her wish of better health come true but unfortunately she loss her life. Her classmates dedicated this monument in her memory.
Send Your Cranes To Hiroshima
To send a thousand cranes to the Children's Monument in Hiroshima's Peace Park, string them on garlands of 100 cranes each, and mail them to: Office of the Mayor, City of Hiroshima, 6-34 Kokutaiji-Machi, 1 Chome Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730 Japan
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Writing by talk The Children’s Peace Monument
Writing by talk The Children’s Peace Monument -“Nakama” Classmates in the Bamboo Class of sixth grade elementary school ― English Version
This movie was selected as a social education DVD movie by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology selection.
Do you know the girl whose name is Sadako Sasaki who became the model of the Children’s Peace Monument in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park?
Sadako was one of the victims of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and the black rain which was contaminated by the radioactivity on August 6, 1945.
Nine years later she was struck by leukaemia caused by A-bomb disease
Although she kept folding paper cranes with all her heart to a recovery, she died at the young age of 12 years old.
Sadako's old friends and the Bamboo Class mate of 6th grade of Nobori-machi Elementary School had wish to build Sadako’s grave. And then they took action to realize it by fund-raising. As a result of their feeing of unity and effort, they could successfully collect money form all over Japan and build the Children’s Peace Monument in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.
Sadako’s old friend, and close friend, Tomiko Kawano, whose maiden name was Yokota goes around to tell people about her personal experience about Sadako and the atomic bombing.
We made this movie with the expectation that the story would reach the people in the world as many as possible.
Introduction of story teller
Storyteller: Tomiko (Yokota) Kawano
Tomiko (Yokota) Kawano was the late Sadako Sasaki’s classmate in the elementary school and she participated in building the Children's Peace Monument”.
She has been telling the story as a storyteller to the primary school students in Hiroshima and visiting students for school excursion from all over Japan for more than 20 years.
She self-published a book whose title is “The children’s Peace Monument” –“Nakama” Classmates in the Bamboo Class of 6th grade elementary school and 1,000 books were distributed for free of charge.
She would like to hand the importance of the life, the misery of the war and the peaceful nobility down to many children by herself. She will continue the activity.
Narration and writing: Tomiko Kawano
Picture production: Ohkura-show Co., Ltd.
Production cooperation: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum Hiroshima film commission
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The Children's Peace Monument 6th Grade Bamboo Class HP
Hiroshima, Japan - Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park - Children's Peace Monument (2019)
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park (広島平和記念公園 Hiroshima Heiwa Kinen Kōen) is a memorial park in the center of Hiroshima, Japan. It is dedicated to the legacy of Hiroshima as the first city in the world to suffer a nuclear attack, and to the memories of the bomb's direct and indirect victims (of whom there may have been as many as 140,000). The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park is visited by more than one million people each year. The park is there in memory of the victims of the nuclear attack on August 6, 1945. On August 6, 1945 the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima Japan. The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park was planned and designed by the Japanese Architect Kenzō Tange at Tange Lab.
The location of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park was once the city’s busiest downtown commercial and residential district. The park was built on an open field that was created by the explosion. Today there are a number of memorials and monuments, museums, and lecture halls, which draw over a million visitors annually. The annual 6 August Peace Memorial Ceremony, which is sponsored by the city of Hiroshima, is also held in the park. The purpose of the Peace Memorial Park is to not only memorialize the victims, but also to establish the memory of nuclear horrors and advocate world peace.
There are three Peace Bells in the Peace Park. The smaller one is used only for the Peace Memorial Ceremony. Except that day, it is displayed in the east building of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. The more well-known Peace Bell stands near the Children's Peace Monument and consists of a large Japanese bell hanging inside a small open-sided structure. Visitors are encouraged to ring the bell for world peace and the loud and melodious tolling of this bell rings out regularly throughout the Peace Park. The Peace Bell was built out in the open on September 20, 1964. The surface of the bell is a map of the world, and the sweet spot is an atomic symbol, designed by Masahiko Katori [1899–1988], cast by Oigo Bell Works, in Takaoka, Toyama. The inscriptions on the bell are in Greek (γνῶθι σεαυτόν), Japanese, and Sanskrit. It is translated as Know yourself. The Greek embassy donated the bell to the Peace Park and picked out the most appropriate ancient Greek philosophical quote of Socrates. The Sanskrit text is a quotation from Longer Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra which was attested by the Indian ambassador. The Japanese text was provided by a university lecturer.
Children's Peace Monument Hiroshima
The Children's Peace Monument is a monument for peace to commemorate Sadako Sasaki and the thousands of child victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. This monument is located in Hiroshima, Japan and is in dedication of Sadako Sasaki, a young girl who died of leukemia from radiation of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945.
Paper Cranes at the Children's Peace Monument Hiroshima, Japan
Cruise port of call: Hiroshima, Japan. Make sure to visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, an UNESCO World Heritage Site. The origami cranes are a symbol of peace. The cranes at the monument are in honor of girl named Sadako Sasaki, who died of leukemia ten years after the atomic bombing. She folded cranes hoping for peace and recovery.
Children’s Peace Monument, Peace park, Hiroshima,Japan
Children’s Peace Monument is built in memory of Sadako Sasaki, the girl who died of Leukaemia caused by the harmful radiations of the atomic bomb blast.
Children’s Peace Monument Hiroshima Japan
We were fortunate to witness this ceremony and presentation of origami peace cranes by students at the Children’s Peace Monument. #childrenspeacemonument #japaneseculture #japan #hiroshima #atomicbomb #hiroshimajapan #visitjapan #origamipeacecrane
Ceremony at the Children’s Peace Monument in Hiroshima, Japan
We were fortunate to witness this ceremony and presentation of origami peace cranes by students at the Children’s Peace Monument. #childrenspeacemonument #japaneseculture #japan #hiroshima #atomicbomb #hiroshimajapan #visitjapan #origamipeacecrane
The Story of Sadako Sasaki & leukemia cranes | Hiroshima Peace Park | MerRyan Hiroshima Japan Guide
*now with subtitles!
MerRyan visits Hiroshima Peace Park!
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park is a memorial park dedicated to the legacy of Hiroshima as the first city in the world to suffer a nuclear attack, and to the memories of the bomb's direct and indirect victims. MerRyan walks through the various sights and shares with you the stories.
This is an intensive subject and hope MerRyan can make it simple!
Please support MerRyan by subscribing to me on Youtube and I will make more videos. This is a snippet from Part 1 of the Hiroshima Guide series.
Here are the places I visited in the video:
- Hiroshima Peace Park
- Atomic Bomb Dome
- Children's Peace Memorial
- Peace Flame
- Memorial Cenotaph
- Peace Memorial Museum
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Hiroshima ~ Children's Peace Monument (Peace Memorial Park)
In this mini blog you'll hear the story about how we folded well over 1,000 cranes (just over 1,500 to be more precise) in honor of Sadako Sasaki, and the hope of nuclear peace throughout the world.
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Children's Peace Monument 原爆の子の像 - Hiroshima Japan [Sadako Sasaki]
Thank you for watching my video on the Children's Peace Monument located in Hiroshima Japan. This video features a few clips from the location. If you have any questions please leave them in the comments below. Also for more information please check out kittydoesjapan.com
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JAPON 2014 - 16.10 - HIROSHIMA - Children's peace monument - Triple interprétation
C'est carrément une triple interprétation que ce groupe a offert !
The Children's Peace Monument & The Atomic Bomb Dome Japan ????????
After Sasaki Sadako's death (12 years old), a campaign started, commemorating the spirits of children victims of the A-bomb and raising funds to build a memorial for Sadako and all of the children who died from the effects of the atomic bomb. Later, the news spread over the world, and people from all over the world visit the Children's Peace Monument to lay down folded-paper crane around the monument. The number of paper crane put down is over 10 million annually. A bronze girl who holds a gold crane is standing on the top of the tripodal domed statue, and located next to the domed statue, there are the statues of boys and girls symbolizing bright future and hope.
The atomic bomb exploded at a height of 600 meters, 160 meters to the southeast of the Atomic Bomb Dome. At the time, the building was the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall. At the moment of detonation, the blast exerted 35 tons of pressure per square meter and created a fierce wind speed of 440 meters per second. The building absorbed the powerful explosion and heat, and burst into flames. Because the impact of the blast came almost directly overhead, curiously the thick outer walls and the steel dome escaped complete destruction. However, the people who were inside at the time died instantly and the interior of the building was completely gutted by fire. Although the exact time is unknown, the building with its exposed steel dome began to be referred to as the Atomic Bomb Dome ????????.
Children's Peace Monument - Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Chugoku, Japan
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Children's Peace Monument Hiroshima
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Photos in this video:
- Paper cranes at the Children's Peace Monument by Xerius from a blog titled A Japanese phoenix
- Paper cranes at Children's Peace Monument by Peteyrin from a blog titled Up at 5am for the long trip to Hiroshima
- Children's Peace Monument (note cranes) by Kylie-san from a blog titled Peace in the morning forest and peace in Hiroshima
- PEACE!:) - Children's Peace Monument. by Swami_worldtrav from a blog titled Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park - Day 1
- Children's peace monument wider view by Jay29 from a blog titled peace is the dream...
- PEACE!:) - Children's Peace Monument by Swami_worldtrav from a blog titled Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park - Day 1
- Speech at Children's Peace Monument by Oandb from a blog titled Day 14: A peaceful day in Hiroshima
- Children's Peace Monument by Peteyrin from a blog titled Up at 5am for the long trip to Hiroshima
- Children's Peace Monument by Cagonu from a blog titled Lecciones de vida o muerte en Hiroshima
- Children's peace monument by Jay29 from a blog titled peace is the dream...
- Children's Peace Monument by Oandb from a blog titled Day 14: A peaceful day in Hiroshima
- Children's Peace Monument by Asn75 from a blog titled Hiroshima War Sites
- Children's Peace Monument by Mies from a blog titled Hiroshima
JAPON 2015 - 22.05 - HIROSHIMA - Children peace monument (music)
3 superbes interprétations devant le monument des enfants !
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JAPON 2013 - 30.10 - HIROSHIMA - Children singing at the Children's peace monument (2)
Le monument des enfants offre un véritable petit concert à ciel ouvert, avec la succession ininterrompue des scolaires qui viennent se recueillir et chanter devant le monument.
Un moment dont je ne me suis pas lassé par la diversité des interprétations ! Je vous propose une sélection de ces meilleurs moments...
Children's Peace Monument
A short ceremony at the Hiroshima Children's Peace Monument. The monument commemorates Sadako Sasaki and the thousands of child victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
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Children's peace monument in Hiroshima Japan
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The Children's Peace Monument is also called the Tower of a Thousand Cranes, for many thousands of folded paper cranes are offered there all through the year. The origin of the monument can be traced back more than four decades.
Sadako Sasaki was exposed to the bombing at age two, contracted leukemia ten years later and died. Shocked by her death, her classmates put out a national call to build a monument to mourn all the children who died from the atomic bombing. With the support of students in more than 3,100 schools around Japan and in nine other countries, including England, the Society was able to build this bronze statue that stands nine meters high.
On the top of the three-legged pedestal stands the bronze figure of a girl holding up a gold-colored folded crane. On opposite sides of the pedestal are suspended boy and girl figures symbolizing a bright future and hope. On the stone underneath the pedestal is inscribed, This is our cry. This is our prayer. For building peace in this world.
The monument was created by Kazuo Kikuchi, then a professor of Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music. A gold crane modeled after an ancient bronze bell initially hung under a bell inside the tower. This piece was contributed by Dr. Hideki Yukawa, winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics, who was much moved by the feelings of the children. It was made as a wind chime.#Ref91029050
Children's Peace Memorial - Hiroshima, Japan
Sharing some peace...the kids got a little out of hand with the bell ringing...
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Hiroshima Children's Peace monument