34 years after the crash of the Nikko aircraft The bereaved families mourn with lanterns, Gunma August 11, 19:30

The victims were lanternized in Ueno Village, Gunma Prefecture, where the crash occurred on the 11th before 34 years after the crash of the Nikko Jumbo aircraft that killed 520 people. I swallowed it.

On August 12, 1985, Japan Airlines' jumbo aircraft carrying Obon's returnees crashed in the mountains of Ueno Village, Gunma Prefecture, and the most common domestic aircraft accident was killed by 520 people.

Twelve days before the accident, 34 years before the accident, a lantern was flown along the Kanryu River near the site of the crash, and bereaved families and local people participated.

The bereaved family wrote a message to the victims, such as “Thank you for watching me from the sky” and wishes for the safety of the sky. Then he floated the lanterns one by one on the river and swallowed the victims.

The bereaved families will climb a memorial service aiming at the “Hinotaka Ridge”, which became the site of the crash early in the morning of the 12th, and in the evening, they plan to participate in a memorial service ceremony held at the foot of the “Holy Memorial Garden”.