2024 'From Hiroshima to Hope' Annual Floating Lantern Ceremony-Honors Victims of Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki & All Victims of War (Video)NEW

Honoring Victims, Promoting Peace.
The mission of From Hiroshima to Hope Event is to commemorate the victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and all victims of war and violence. We educate for peace, non-violent conflict resolution and nuclear disarmament through a public outdoor event on August 6th featuring music, speakers, and a lantern-floating ceremony.

Every year since 1984, we have held an annual event in Seattle, with the hope that we can resolve international conflicts without violence and learn the habit of living in peace with all our neighbors on this earth.

Event Description
Seattle - Candle-lit lanterns will spark hope at From Hiroshima to Hope, Seattle’s annual lantern-floating peace ceremony, on Sunday evening, August 6 at Green Lake. The event includes music, poetry, dance, speakers and candle-lit lanterns floating on the lake. Marking the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, From Hiroshima to Hope honors the bombings’ victims and all victims of war and violence. This year also marks the 81st anniversary of Executive Order 9066, which led to the incarceration of Japanese Americans on the U.S. West Coast.

Event Details
The annual lantern-floating ceremony honoring victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and all victims of violence.

FROM HIROSHIMA TO HOPE
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 | Green Lake, Seattle

South of the Bathhouse Theater
• West Green Lake Drive North and Stone Avenue North
• Free and Open to the Public
• Donations Welcome

6 pm Gathering
Picnicking, Music, Meditation
Lantern Preparation
Sculpture: "Nuclear Memories," Lauren Iida, Blades of Change
"Little Boy (folded)," Yukiyo Kawano

7 pm Family Program
Keynote Speaker: Naomi Ostwald Kaawamura, Executive Director, Densho

Participating Artists & Speakers
Emcee: Stan Shikuma
• Seattle Kokon Taiko
• Gabrielle Nomura Gainor, Dance
• Troy Osaki, Poetry
• Sound Singers Choir, Shigin
• Patrick Johnson, Shakuhachi
• Hatsune Matsuoka and Laryn Young, Koto no WA
• Patrick Oiye, Tsugaru Shamisen
• Red Eagle Soaring Native Youth Theatre
• Brothers Kenji Kameda and Gilberto Perez

8 pm Toro Nagashi
Lantern Floating Ceremony
Led by Brothers Kenji Kameda and Gilberto Perez

Sponsors
• Seattle Office of Arts and Culture
• Seattle Parks and Recreation
• Abe Keller Peace Education Fund
• Asian Counseling and Referral Service
• Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance
• Earthcare Not Warfare
• Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action
• Hibakusha Stories
• Japanese American Citizens League - Seattle Chapter
• Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington
• No More Bombs
• Northwest Dharma Association
• Pacific Buddhist Academy
• Seattle Betuin Buddhist Women's Association
• St. Patrick's Catholic Church
• Veterans for Peace Seattle Chapter 92
• Veterans for Peace Golden Rule Project
• Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility
• Western Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation - Seattle Chapter
• Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience

Supporters
Blades of Change
Buddhist Peace Fellowship
Chobo-ji Zen Practice Center
Church of the Brethren - Seattle First
El Centro de la Raza
Nihonmachi Int'l
Seattle Hiroshima Club
Seattle Buddhist Temple

Event Location
Green Lake, 7312 W Green Lake Dr N, Seattle, CA 98103

Event Title
From Hiroshima to Hope - Annual Event in Green Lake, Seattle (Lantern Ceremony..)