Paper cranes folded by President Obama go on display at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Jun. 8, 2016
by Kyosuke Mizukawa, Staff Writer
Four paper cranes presented by U.S. President Barack Obama during his visit to Hiroshima will be exhibited at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum starting on June 9. The message he wrote in the museum’s guestbook will be on display along with the paper cranes. They can be seen until August 31.
The four paper cranes folded by Mr. Obama are about 10 centimeters long and are made of paper with traditional Japanese patterns. His message in the guestbook reads: “We have known the agony of war. Let us now find the courage, together, to spread peace, and pursue a world without nuclear weapons.” The paper cranes and message will be displayed in a glass case near the exit of the main building, the end of the suggested route for visitors.
Mr. Obama became the first sitting American president to visit Hiroshima when he came to the A-bombed city on May 27. In the museum, he looked at the paper cranes folded by Sadako Sasaki, a girl who experienced the atomic bombing and died of leukemia ten years later at the age of 12. He then handed paper cranes to a junior high school student and an elementary school student, one to each. He also wrote a message in the guestbook and placed his other two cranes by the message.
The museum admission fee is required to see the display: 200 yen for adults, including college students, and 100 yen for high school students and those aged 65 and over. No admission fee is necessary for junior high school students and younger children. The museum is open from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. (to 7 p.m. in August).
(Originally published on June 8, 2016)
Four paper cranes presented by U.S. President Barack Obama during his visit to Hiroshima will be exhibited at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum starting on June 9. The message he wrote in the museum’s guestbook will be on display along with the paper cranes. They can be seen until August 31.
The four paper cranes folded by Mr. Obama are about 10 centimeters long and are made of paper with traditional Japanese patterns. His message in the guestbook reads: “We have known the agony of war. Let us now find the courage, together, to spread peace, and pursue a world without nuclear weapons.” The paper cranes and message will be displayed in a glass case near the exit of the main building, the end of the suggested route for visitors.
Mr. Obama became the first sitting American president to visit Hiroshima when he came to the A-bombed city on May 27. In the museum, he looked at the paper cranes folded by Sadako Sasaki, a girl who experienced the atomic bombing and died of leukemia ten years later at the age of 12. He then handed paper cranes to a junior high school student and an elementary school student, one to each. He also wrote a message in the guestbook and placed his other two cranes by the message.
The museum admission fee is required to see the display: 200 yen for adults, including college students, and 100 yen for high school students and those aged 65 and over. No admission fee is necessary for junior high school students and younger children. The museum is open from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. (to 7 p.m. in August).
(Originally published on June 8, 2016)
