It has been eight years in 15 days since the accident in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, in which a ski tour bus fell on the side of the road, killing 15 people, including university students. At the cenotaph at the site, the president of the bus company, the bereaved families, and the families of the victims visit to lay flowers and offer prayers.
On January 2016, 1, a ski tour bus failed to turn a curve in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, and fell to the side of the road, killing 15 people, including university students, and injuring 15 others.
On the 26th, eight years after the accident, three mothers who were injured in their children, all university students at the time, visited the cenotaph at the site before 8 a.m.
Among them, a woman in her 15s from Hiroshima Prefecture said, "I was reunited with my child at the hospital after the accident, but I was desperate to find a way to support them because they seemed to be suffering from feelings similar to guilt, wondering why I was alive
Just before 2 a.m., Misaku Takahashi, president of ESP, a Tokyo company that operated the bus, laid flowers at the cenotaph and joined hands.
President Takahashi said, "I would like to express my deepest condolences to all those who have passed away, and I would like to express my sincere apologies to everyone involved."