Orizuru no Tower

A Memorial to the Children Killed by the Atomic Bomb

When we visited, the Orizuru Tower was obscured by the preparations for the Nagasaki Day Remembrance being held later in the week, so I was unable to get a good photo. The monument is a stark reminder...

Dedicated to Sadako Sasaki and thousands of Japanese children killed many years after August 1945.

Perhaps I learned about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki for the first time as a child from the shrill Soviet film in 1962 directed by Mark Donskoy "Hello, children!"It is dedicated to Sa...

A lot of colorful origami folded cranes

Next to and on both sides of the Peace Monument there are two same shaped structures which house a lot of colorful origami folded crane strings which symbolize peace in Japan. You do not only see them...

Many origami cranes made in prayer for world peace

Original Text

　Nagasaki Peace Park near the center of the atomic bomb. A famous Peace Memorial Statue stands near the northern end of the large park. Next to the statue was the origami tower, which was about ３ｍ high. There were so many colorful origami cranes falling in the tower. These origami cranes were sent in prayer for the lasting peace of the world.

Golden crane next to the Peace Prayer Statue

Original Text

Next to the Peace Prayer Statue in Peace Park, there is this origami tower. It is a tower about ３ meters high, and a large golden origami crane is placed on the top of the tower. The inside of the tower was hollow, and there were 1,000 cranes and offerings.