Brass paper crane is installed on peace monument at Noboricho Junior High School
Nov. 2, 2015
by Eriko Shintani, Staff Writer
A peace gathering was held on October 23 at Noboricho Junior High School in central Hiroshima, where Sadako Sasaki was once a student. Sadako was a Japanese girl who died of A-bomb-induced leukemia at the age of 12, 10 years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. With this year marking the 70th anniversary of the A-bomb attack, students of the school installed a sculpture made of brass, in the shape of a paper crane, on the school grounds as they reflected on peace.
About 300 students and parents attended a performance which recounted Sadako’s life through music played by professional musicians, readings, and projected images. Realized in cooperation with Hiroshima City University, the performance included students of the junior high school taking part in readings and in the chorus.
The brass crane was placed on a granite memorial, called “The Monument of the Paper Crane” and located near the school gate. The brass crane was created by a faculty member of the university’s arts program. Prior to the gathering, representatives of each grade made presentations on poverty in the world and the Battle of Okinawa through the school’s public address system.
Sumire Wakamatsu, 14, the president of the student council, said, “I hope this will be an opportunity for each student to reflect on peace and what we can do for this cause.”
Noboricho Junior High School began holding peace gatherings in 2000, when The Monument of the Paper Crane was installed. Students make presentations on the results of their peace studies at the gathering, held annually around October 25, the anniversary of Sadako’s death.
(Originally published on October 24, 2015)
A peace gathering was held on October 23 at Noboricho Junior High School in central Hiroshima, where Sadako Sasaki was once a student. Sadako was a Japanese girl who died of A-bomb-induced leukemia at the age of 12, 10 years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. With this year marking the 70th anniversary of the A-bomb attack, students of the school installed a sculpture made of brass, in the shape of a paper crane, on the school grounds as they reflected on peace.
About 300 students and parents attended a performance which recounted Sadako’s life through music played by professional musicians, readings, and projected images. Realized in cooperation with Hiroshima City University, the performance included students of the junior high school taking part in readings and in the chorus.
The brass crane was placed on a granite memorial, called “The Monument of the Paper Crane” and located near the school gate. The brass crane was created by a faculty member of the university’s arts program. Prior to the gathering, representatives of each grade made presentations on poverty in the world and the Battle of Okinawa through the school’s public address system.
Sumire Wakamatsu, 14, the president of the student council, said, “I hope this will be an opportunity for each student to reflect on peace and what we can do for this cause.”
Noboricho Junior High School began holding peace gatherings in 2000, when The Monument of the Paper Crane was installed. Students make presentations on the results of their peace studies at the gathering, held annually around October 25, the anniversary of Sadako’s death.
(Originally published on October 24, 2015)
