Members of the Japan-German Society visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Oct. 28, 2013
by Kyoko Niiyama, Staff Writer
Twenty-eight members of the Japan-German Society’s Hannover Chadokai (tea ceremony club) visited Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on October 22. They are learning Japanese tea ceremony in Hannover, Germany, a sister city of Hiroshima.
The group offered flowers to the Cenotaph for the A-bomb Victims and toured Peace Memorial Museum. Richard Winkellmann, 23, a university student, said that he would like to help build stronger ties with Hiroshima and call for the abolition of nuclear weapons. The group also visited City Hall and met with Mayor Kazumi Matsui.
Hiroshima and Hannover became sister cities in 1983. Chadokai was established in 1989, one year after the City of Hiroshima presented a teahouse, “Senshintei,” to Hannover. The club members study tea ceremony and Japanese culture.
On October 23, the group will enjoy tea with the members of the Ueda Soko Ryu, a school of tea ceremony, at Wafudo teahouse in Nishi Ward, and visit Miyajima in Hatsukaichi City. They will visit the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum on October 24.
(Originally published on October 23, 2013)
Twenty-eight members of the Japan-German Society’s Hannover Chadokai (tea ceremony club) visited Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on October 22. They are learning Japanese tea ceremony in Hannover, Germany, a sister city of Hiroshima.
The group offered flowers to the Cenotaph for the A-bomb Victims and toured Peace Memorial Museum. Richard Winkellmann, 23, a university student, said that he would like to help build stronger ties with Hiroshima and call for the abolition of nuclear weapons. The group also visited City Hall and met with Mayor Kazumi Matsui.
Hiroshima and Hannover became sister cities in 1983. Chadokai was established in 1989, one year after the City of Hiroshima presented a teahouse, “Senshintei,” to Hannover. The club members study tea ceremony and Japanese culture.
On October 23, the group will enjoy tea with the members of the Ueda Soko Ryu, a school of tea ceremony, at Wafudo teahouse in Nishi Ward, and visit Miyajima in Hatsukaichi City. They will visit the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum on October 24.
(Originally published on October 23, 2013)
