Online school trip to Nagasaki Due to corona influence, high school in Kanagawa prefecture September 29, 17:50
A high school in Kanagawa Prefecture, which canceled a school trip to the atomic bombed area of Nagasaki due to the influence of the new corona virus, conducted an "online school trip" to introduce students to the hypocenter with images taken with a video camera.
This initiative was carried out by Asahigaoka High School in Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
On the 29th, the principal and teachers took a video camera and a computer to visit the hypocenter of Nagasaki City and Shiroyama Elementary School where the bombed school building remains.
This time, we asked A-bomb survivor Matsuyoshi Ikeda (82) to accompany him and sent video and audio to the students in Kanagawa Prefecture, including his experiences.
Mr. Ikeda said, "Of the approximately 1,500 children, more than 1,400 died. I am one of the surviving children." He explained how the heat rays of the atomic bomb burned the interior of the reinforced concrete school building. Was there.
When asked by the students, "What do you think about the current situation of nuclear weapons?", Mr. Ikeda answered, "We must absolutely eliminate nuclear weapons. Indifference is the worst. I want you to be interested." I did.
Asahigaoka High School visited Nagasaki City on a school trip every year to learn about the damage caused by the atomic bomb and to touch on the wishes of the atomic bomb survivors to abolish nuclear weapons, and this was supposed to be the 35th time.
When we decided to cancel from the viewpoint of preventing the infection of the new coronavirus, we received a request from parents to "provide an opportunity to hear the stories of the A-bomb survivors" and decided to carry out an "online school trip". is.
Hiroshi Mizuno, Principal of Asahigaoka High School, said, "I was relieved to be able to connect with the A-bomb survivors and the A-bombed areas online without interruption."
In addition, Mr. Ikeda said, "Actually, it is best to actually come to the site to see it, but even in such a situation, I think that it was very convenient to be able to convey it."
Canceled one after another due to corona influence
According to the "Nagasaki Testimony Association," which guides school excursion students to the atomic bomb area and informs them about the damage caused by the atomic bomb, from this month to November, 31 elementary and junior high schools and high schools will guide the atomic bomb area. I was requested by.
However, due to the effects of the new coronavirus, more than half of the 16 schools subsequently canceled.
Some schools initially planned a school trip in the spring and postponed it to the fall due to the effects of the new coronavirus, but eventually canceled it.
In addition, according to the Nagasaki Peace Promotion Association, where A-bomb survivors share their experiences with school excursion students, 200 of the applications from August to March next year were canceled.