After a short bus ride from the Shinkansen station, we are now in the
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.
We offered 1000 paper cranes and sang a song as a prayer for peace.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_thousand_origami_cranes

After, we heard a lecture from an Atomic Bomb survivor, Ms Tamiko
Shiraishi. It has been 75 years since the bombing of Hiroshima so there
are fewer and fewer survivors so this is an extraordinary experience for
all the students.

At the museum, there were many powerful displays and exhibits explaining
the immediate and long term affects of the atomic bomb. The hand drawn
pictures of from the survivors were shocking and heartbreaking.

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亮(ryo)