Paper crane made by President Obama to be displayed in Nagasaki
Sep. 2, 2016
by Kyosuke Mizukawa, Staff Writer
On September 1, the City of Hiroshima lent one of the four paper cranes presented by U.S. President Barack Obama, who visited the city in May, to the City of Nagasaki. It will be displayed at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum from September 3 until the end of November, with the aim of boosting momentum for a world without nuclear weapons.
At the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, located in Naka Ward, Mr. Obama wrote this message in the museum guestbook: “Let us now find the courage, together, to spread peace, and pursue a world without nuclear weapons.” He then placed two of the four paper cranes by the guestbook. One of these, a red crane with a traditional Japanese pattern, has been lent to Nagasaki. Akitoshi Nakamura, the director of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum, visited the International Conference Center Hiroshima in Naka Ward and was given the paper crane, along with a reproduction of Mr. Obama’s message written in the museum guestbook, by Katsumi Suesada, the director of the A-bomb Experience Preservation Division of the City of Hiroshima.
These items will be displayed near the entrance of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum. The exhibition will include photo panels that show Mr. Obama shaking hands with junior high school students from Nagasaki who were invited to take part in the ceremony connected to Mr. Obama’s visit to Hiroshima. Mr. Nakamura said, “It is regrettable that Mr. Obama did not visit Nagasaki at that time, but I hope the people of Nagasaki will feel the president’s wish for peace imbued in his visit to Hiroshima and his desire to abolish nuclear weapons through the paper crane.”
The City of Hiroshima will also display another paper crane at the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition, scheduled for October in Chicago. The remaining two paper cranes will continue to be exhibited at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum from September 1 until the end of January 2017.
(Originally published on September 2, 2016)
On September 1, the City of Hiroshima lent one of the four paper cranes presented by U.S. President Barack Obama, who visited the city in May, to the City of Nagasaki. It will be displayed at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum from September 3 until the end of November, with the aim of boosting momentum for a world without nuclear weapons.
At the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, located in Naka Ward, Mr. Obama wrote this message in the museum guestbook: “Let us now find the courage, together, to spread peace, and pursue a world without nuclear weapons.” He then placed two of the four paper cranes by the guestbook. One of these, a red crane with a traditional Japanese pattern, has been lent to Nagasaki. Akitoshi Nakamura, the director of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum, visited the International Conference Center Hiroshima in Naka Ward and was given the paper crane, along with a reproduction of Mr. Obama’s message written in the museum guestbook, by Katsumi Suesada, the director of the A-bomb Experience Preservation Division of the City of Hiroshima.
These items will be displayed near the entrance of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum. The exhibition will include photo panels that show Mr. Obama shaking hands with junior high school students from Nagasaki who were invited to take part in the ceremony connected to Mr. Obama’s visit to Hiroshima. Mr. Nakamura said, “It is regrettable that Mr. Obama did not visit Nagasaki at that time, but I hope the people of Nagasaki will feel the president’s wish for peace imbued in his visit to Hiroshima and his desire to abolish nuclear weapons through the paper crane.”
The City of Hiroshima will also display another paper crane at the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition, scheduled for October in Chicago. The remaining two paper cranes will continue to be exhibited at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum from September 1 until the end of January 2017.
(Originally published on September 2, 2016)
