2023 - 78th Anniversary - A Remembrance for Peace: Commemorating Hiroshima and Nagasaki @KonkoNEW

To commemorate the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II, the first nuclear destruction of a civilian population in the world, the Nichi Bei Foundation and Friends of Hibakusha will present an in-person program at Konko Church in SF Japantown.

The world’s first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, and another on Nagasaki three days later resulted in the deaths of an estimated 214,000 people by the end of that year, including 140,000 in Hiroshima and 74,000 in Nagasaki.

The program will also be accessible virtually on the Nichi Bei Foundation Facebook channel (www.facebook.com/nichibei/) and YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/c/NichiBeiFoundation)

Date
August 9, 2023

Time
5:30 pm

The program will include
• The film “Pictures From A Hiroshima Schoolyard” (2012, 58 min.), written and directed by Bryan Reichhardt and produced by Shizumi Shigeto Manale.
• An Interfaith Ceremony led by the Japanese American Religious Federation of San Francisco.
• Lanterns of Remembrance, which will include hibakusha and descendants presenting a lantern in remembrance of victims of the atomic bombings.
• A Message for Peace by Rev. Nobuaki Hanaoka.
• A Litany for Water ceremony led by Rev. Hanaoka and clergy.

Location
Konko Church of San Francisco, 1755 Laguna Street, San Francisco, CA 94115

Title
2023 - 78th Anniversary - A Remembrance for Peace: Commemorating Hiroshima and Nagasaki @Konko