A-bomb exhibition to take place in Chicago next month with Sadako’s paper cranes and A-bomb accounts
Sep. 3, 2016
by Kyosuke Mizukawa, Staff Writer
On September 2, the City of Hiroshima shared further details about the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition, to take place from October 1 to 29 in Chicago, Illinois. The exhibition is being jointly organized by the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On display will be 17 artifacts, including paper cranes that were folded by Sadako Sasaki, a girl who died of A-bomb-induced leukemia 10 years after the Hiroshima bombing. Also on display will be 30 photo panels that provide information on the damage caused by the atomic bombings. The exhibition will seek to convey the inhumanity of nuclear weapons to people living in the United States, a nuclear superpower. U.S. President Barack Obama, whose hometown is Chicago, will also be invited to attend the event.
The exhibition will be held at the city’s Japanese Culture Center. The artifacts will include three paper cranes that Sadako folded in the hope of recovering from her illness, and a water bottle that belonged to a student who was mobilized for the war effort and became an A-bomb victim. One of the paper cranes that Mr. Obama gave to students when he visited Hiroshima this past May will also be displayed, along with a copy of the message he wrote in the museum’s guestbook.
Takashi Teramoto, 81, a resident of Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, will be dispatched to the United States. He experienced the atomic bombing of Hiroshima at a distance of around one kilometer from the hypocenter. Mr. Teramoto will share his account of the bombing at the culture center and four universities in the state between October 25 and 29. Two volunteers of the Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims, located in the Peace Memorial Park, will give readings of A-bomb accounts in English for the first time.
This will be the first A-bomb exhibition to be held in Chicago since 2007. Because Chicago is Mr. Obama’s hometown, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will send a letter to the United States Embassy in Tokyo to offer details of the event, including when and where it will be held, with the idea of encouraging Mr. Obama to visit the exhibition.
(Originally published on September 3, 2016)
On September 2, the City of Hiroshima shared further details about the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition, to take place from October 1 to 29 in Chicago, Illinois. The exhibition is being jointly organized by the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On display will be 17 artifacts, including paper cranes that were folded by Sadako Sasaki, a girl who died of A-bomb-induced leukemia 10 years after the Hiroshima bombing. Also on display will be 30 photo panels that provide information on the damage caused by the atomic bombings. The exhibition will seek to convey the inhumanity of nuclear weapons to people living in the United States, a nuclear superpower. U.S. President Barack Obama, whose hometown is Chicago, will also be invited to attend the event.
The exhibition will be held at the city’s Japanese Culture Center. The artifacts will include three paper cranes that Sadako folded in the hope of recovering from her illness, and a water bottle that belonged to a student who was mobilized for the war effort and became an A-bomb victim. One of the paper cranes that Mr. Obama gave to students when he visited Hiroshima this past May will also be displayed, along with a copy of the message he wrote in the museum’s guestbook.
Takashi Teramoto, 81, a resident of Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, will be dispatched to the United States. He experienced the atomic bombing of Hiroshima at a distance of around one kilometer from the hypocenter. Mr. Teramoto will share his account of the bombing at the culture center and four universities in the state between October 25 and 29. Two volunteers of the Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims, located in the Peace Memorial Park, will give readings of A-bomb accounts in English for the first time.
This will be the first A-bomb exhibition to be held in Chicago since 2007. Because Chicago is Mr. Obama’s hometown, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will send a letter to the United States Embassy in Tokyo to offer details of the event, including when and where it will be held, with the idea of encouraging Mr. Obama to visit the exhibition.
(Originally published on September 3, 2016)
