Handout of "Akagami" printed leaflets on the day of the end of the war Sapporo appeals the importance of peace August 15 12:41
On the 15th of "Day of the end of the war", in Sapporo City, an event was held to appeal the importance of peace by handing out leaflets that imitate the so-called "red paper" that warns about the expedition to the battlefield.
This event is held every year by citizen groups, and on the 15th, 75 years after the end of the war, about 50 people from the citizen groups who put on monpe or wear air defense hood gathered at JR Sapporo Station. We handed out 500 flyers imitating "red paper".
This leaflet is printed with the "red paper" that was actually delivered to a man in Mie prefecture, and has a message that appeals to the misery of war and the value of peace.
A man in his thirties in Sapporo who received the leaflet said, "I have fewer opportunities to think about war, but this time there is a new coronavirus, and I feel the importance of living a normal life." It was.
Keiko Denbaya, the executive chairman of the Sapporo Peace Action Executive Committee, who sponsored the event, said, “I feel that the number of people who have experienced war has decreased, and it is becoming more important to continue talking. I would like people to know that has changed and to have an opportunity to think about peace."