Peruvian Nikkei group Peace Concert Concert 6 August 13:08
Along with the 74th year since the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a group of Nikkei affiliated with Hiroshima and Nagasaki held a concert in Peru, where 100,000 Nikkei people live.
In this concert, two groups of Nikkei people related to Hiroshima and Nagasaki were opened in the capital city of Lima to tell Peruvian people their thoughts about peace on the day of the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
The musicians Chieko Maki and Miyakku, who are the “Nagasaki Peace Correspondents” who convey the heart of Nagasaki's peace to the world, are invited to perform by the musicians from Hiroshima and Fuyuko Miki, the second-bomb survivor of Japan. did.
The song was “Living” composed based on the story of an A-bomb survivor in Nagasaki, and the visitors were eagerly listening to a song with a wish for peace.
There are 100,000 Nikkei people in Peru, but the number of generations that have experienced war is decreasing year by year.
Chieko Maki, who performed, said, “We are a generation that does not know war. We want to convey to Peru people that we can enjoy music at concerts because of peace.”