The cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are involved in the establishment and spread of the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Peace Study Course at universities in Japan and overseas.
The aim of the course is to logically and academically organize the message of the hibakusha as a legacy for all humankind, and to communicate that message to the younger generations as a universal academic discipline.
International Christian University (ICU) (Tokyo)
From March 6-8, 2017, nine international students and two teachers (group of 11) conducted an on-site study tour of Hiroshima.
The participants were international students selected by the US Rotary Foundation, who major in peace studies in the masters program at ICU.
This was the fourteenth visit to Hiroshima by ICU international students.
Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation provided support for this on-site study program.
The students toured Peace Memorial Park and Peace Memorial Museum, listened to an atomic bomb testimony by Ms. Yoshiko Kajimoto, visited the Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims, and more, and through these activities learned about the truth of the damage from the atomic
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bombing.
They also listened to lectures by NGO ANT-Hiroshima Executive Director Ms. Tomoko Watanabe and Professor Masae Yuasa of Hiroshima City University and visited places such as the Hiroshima office of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Radiation Effects Research Foundation, which helped to deepen their understanding of peace from a broad range of perspectives.
Carleton College (the United States)
On April 19, fifteen students and one teacher participated in the second peace study tour by this university.
The group visited Peace Memorial Park, Peace Memorial Museum and Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims, and listened to an atomic bombing testimony.
It was a meaningful day for them to think about the reality of the atomic bombing and peace.
University of Indianapolis (the United States)
From May 11-13, ten students and three teachers conducted the sixth peace study tour for this university.
The participants visited Peace Memorial Museum and the Hiroshima office of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), listened to an atomic bombing testimony, attended a lecture by Ms. Mari Tsuruda, Emeritus Principal of Hiroshima YMCA School of Languages, and toured Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims.
Through these activities, they learned about the truth of the atomic bombing.
Central Connecticut State University (the United States)
On June 3, eleven students and two teachers conducted this university's eleventh peace study tour.
The participants visited Peace Memorial Park, Peace Memorial Museum, and Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims, and listened to an atomic bombing testimony, learning about the reality of the atomic bombing.
They were led by Professor Shizuko Tomoda, whose late mother has her photo registered in the Peace Memorial Hall.
By viewing this and through the tour, the group was able to learn first-hand about the bombing and the passing down of the memory of the bombing.
The group also enjoyed the Tokasan Festival heralding the coming of summer in Hiroshima, together with students from Hiroshima City University and Hiroshima University of Economics, and this became a good opportunity to get to know each other.
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Together with Ms. Yoshiko Kajimoto, who gave a
testimony of her atomic bomb experience (ICU)
With Ms. Keiko Ogura, who gave her atomic bombing
testimony (Carleton College)
With Emeritus Principal Ms. Mari Tsuruda (University
of Indianapolis)
In front of Peace Memorial Museum (Central
Connecticut State University)
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