Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Day Aiming for a world without nuclear weapons High school students are "human chains" 10:41 on August 9th
At Bakusho Park in Nagasaki City, high school students vowed to create a "human chain" surrounding the monument indicating the epicenter, aiming for a world without nuclear weapons by inheriting the thoughts of the hibakusha.
At around 7 am on September 9, about 50 people gathered at the Hyakusho Park in Nagasaki City, including the "High School Peace Ambassador" who carries out activities to deliver a signature calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons to the United Nations and high school students who carry out signature activities. ..
Every year, more than 100 high school students from all over the country and overseas gather, but this time the participants are limited to high school students in the prefecture and Kumamoto prefecture due to the influence of the new coronavirus, and measures such as wearing masks and vinyl gloves are necessary. It was being done.
Participants created a "human chain" that encloses the "Atomic Bomb Fall Center Monument" that indicates the epicenter. Up until now, I had been able to connect my hands directly, but this time I surrounded the monument with the ends of the ribbon.
The six high school students selected as peace ambassadors expressed their ambitions. Among them, Ruka Kama, a second year student at Nagasaki Higashi High School, said, ``As the A-bomb victims age, It's starting to take on a bigger meaning. Although we're limited in activity by Corona, I'll do my best to find what I can do only now."
Yu Kawabata, a 1st year student at Nagasaki Nihon University High School who participated, said, ``Imagine a person who died 75 years ago, remembering the story of the hibakusha I heard so far, I made a chain with a feeling of sharing pain. I want to value the words and carry on the feelings of the A-bomb victims."