Remember and Pass On

Community members gathered in Eugene and Corvallis as it marks 80 years after the atomic bomb in Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9

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Participants dance ‘bon odori,’ a Japanese summer festival dance in a circle. Roughly 100 community members gathered at Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration at Peace Pavilion in Alton Baker Park on Wednesday, August 6, as it marked 80 years after the atomic bomb in Hiroshima.

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Lanterns with Japanese characters symbolizes hope for the future with peace. Each has a meaning such as ‘hope,’ ‘peace’ and ‘trust.’  Roughly 100 community members gathered at Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration at Peace Pavilion in Alton Baker Park on Wednesday, August 6, marking 80 years after the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb in Hiroshima.

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Satoko Motouji performs calligraphy of Japanese characters on lanterns for participants to let them go on the water. Roughly 100 community members gathered at Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration at Peace Pavilion in Alton Baker Park on Wednesday, August 6, marking 80 years after the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb in Hiroshima.

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Mark Unno gives prayer to ancestors. Roughly 100 community members gathered at Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration at Peace Pavilion in Alton Baker Park on Wednesday, August 6, marking 80 years after the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb in Hiroshima.

Corvallis-peacemakers

Members of Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration in Corvallis committee and Anya Ballinger, the curator of the Corvallis Museum, gather at the Hiroshima-Nagasaki exhibit at Corvallis Museum. 

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Museum visitors drew the hope for peace on a collaborative poster at the Corvallis Museum.

All photos by Seira Kitagawa.