Exhibiting a letter to the crew of "Daigo Fukuryu Maru" Tokyo September 19, 18:40

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66 years ago, a letter sent from children all over the country to the crew of the Japanese fishing boat "Daigo Fukuryu Maru", which was exposed to the American hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, began on the 19th in Tokyo. It is exhibited at.

The special exhibition of letters began at a facility in Koto-ku, Tokyo, where the hull of the Daigo Fukuryu Maru and related materials are exhibited.



"Daigo Fukuryu Maru" was exposed to all 23 crew members at the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean in 1954, and all 23 crew members were exposed to radiation. ..

At that time, the condition was reported in detail on the radio, and 1500 letters were sent to Mr. Kuboyama and his family from children all over the country, so about 60 letters were exhibited at the special exhibition.



The girl in the second grade of elementary school spelled "Please fix it quickly" with a picture of Mr. Kuboyama lying on the bed, and the boy in the second grade of elementary school said "I'm good at siblings. I'm really scared." I wrote a message to care for the three young children.



Mari Ichida, curator of the Daigo Fukuryu Maru Exhibition Hall, said, "I can tell you what the children at that time thought about the suffering crew. I want you to have an opportunity to think of it as a problem that connects you, not the past. ".