Online tour at Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum July 22 at 7:08 due to a sharp decrease in overseas visitors
Due to the influence of the new coronavirus, the number of visitors from abroad has dropped significantly at the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb museums, so the international NGOs working on the abolition of nuclear weapons and the museums will cooperate to deliver the contents while explaining in English. An online tour will be held.
The online tour will be organized by the international NGO, ICAN=International Campaign for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons and the Atomic Bomb Museums in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On the 20th, the International Steering Committee member Satoshi Kawasaki of ICAN held an online press conference to explain the outline of the tour. ..
The tour will be conducted using Instagram, and volunteer staff and researchers at the university will introduce the relics and exhibits of the atomic bomb survivors at the Atomic Bomb Museums in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in English.
This tour will be held in Hiroshima after the museum is closed on the 22nd, and in Nagasaki before the opening on the 24th of this month, for approximately 30 minutes each.
Mr. Kawasaki said, "While various activities are stopped due to the influence of the new coronavirus, I planned to do anything I could do online. I would like to make an opportunity for young people overseas to experience the reality of the atomic bombing." It was