First A-bomb exhibition in Matsue to be held in July in response to Hiroshima appeal
Mar. 22, 2012
by Junji Akechi, Staff Writer
The city of Matsue will hold an exhibition in July in which panels and other items will convey the reality of the devastation caused by the atomic bombing. The City of Hiroshima and the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation have been approaching local governments across the nation and asking that they hold A-bomb exhibitions, which are co-sponsored by the city and the Hiroshima-based foundation. The exhibition in Matsue, located on the coast of the Japan Sea, will be the first such exhibition in that city.
The exhibition will display about 50 panels explaining such things as the damage caused by the bomb’s heat rays and radiation as well as artifacts like charred school uniforms, shoes, and roof tiles where the surface bubbled due to the high temperatures of the blast and fire. The exhibition will run for five days, and will feature a gathering where A-bomb accounts are shared.
The City of Hiroshima and the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation began holding A-bomb exhibitions nationwide in fiscal 1996. By the end of fiscal 2011, exhibitions will have been held in 48 municipalities in 38 prefectures. Matsue responded to an appeal to hold an exhibition after the city joined Mayors for Peace in October 2010. Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui serves as the president of Mayors for Peace.
According to a comment made by the general affairs division of the Matsue city government, the city believes that concrete actions must be made toward the elimination of nuclear weapons and hopes that the exhibition will contribute to the peace education of the city’s children.
(Originally published on March 18, 2012)
The city of Matsue will hold an exhibition in July in which panels and other items will convey the reality of the devastation caused by the atomic bombing. The City of Hiroshima and the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation have been approaching local governments across the nation and asking that they hold A-bomb exhibitions, which are co-sponsored by the city and the Hiroshima-based foundation. The exhibition in Matsue, located on the coast of the Japan Sea, will be the first such exhibition in that city.
The exhibition will display about 50 panels explaining such things as the damage caused by the bomb’s heat rays and radiation as well as artifacts like charred school uniforms, shoes, and roof tiles where the surface bubbled due to the high temperatures of the blast and fire. The exhibition will run for five days, and will feature a gathering where A-bomb accounts are shared.
The City of Hiroshima and the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation began holding A-bomb exhibitions nationwide in fiscal 1996. By the end of fiscal 2011, exhibitions will have been held in 48 municipalities in 38 prefectures. Matsue responded to an appeal to hold an exhibition after the city joined Mayors for Peace in October 2010. Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui serves as the president of Mayors for Peace.
According to a comment made by the general affairs division of the Matsue city government, the city believes that concrete actions must be made toward the elimination of nuclear weapons and hopes that the exhibition will contribute to the peace education of the city’s children.
(Originally published on March 18, 2012)
