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The 26th Children's Peace Drawings Competition
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The awards ceremony for the Children's Peace Drawings Competition was held on December 17
(Sat), 2011 in Memorial Hall at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.
This competition has been held 26 times since 1986, when it was initiated with a view to raising
children's awareness of the importance of peace. This time a total of 5,162 drawings were
submitted: 4,357 drawings from children from 120 elementary and junior high schools in Hiroshima
City, and 805 drawings from children from 8 countries overseas (America, Iran, India, Australia,
South Korea, Germany, France and Russia).
The Awards Ceremony was attended by 34 of the students who won Excellence or Distinction
Awards. They received an award certificate and commemorative plaque.
After the awards ceremony, a tape-cutting ceremony for the opening of the exhibition was held in
Exhibition Room 5, in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, by those who won Excellence Awards. The
exhibition was held until January 31 (Tues), 2012. A total of 122 drawings were on display, including
3 drawings that won the Excellence Award, 39 drawings that won the Distinction Award, and 80
drawings that won the Award of Merit.
Miyu Kimura, the fourth-year student from Hiroshima University Attached Elementary School who
won the Excellence Award in the Elementary School division, drew a picture of the A-Bomb Dome
surrounded by sunflowers with the wish that people may live peacefully. She said "Japan has
become gloomy since the Great East Japan Earthquake, so I drew a picture to cheer people up".
Midori Hirano, the second-year student from Hiroshima University Attached Junior High School who
won the Excellence Award in the Junior High School division, said "I wanted to express the fact that
we shouldn't forget that past wars have made us what we are today."
The names and drawings of those who won the Excellence and Distinction Awards, and the names
of those who won the Award of Merit, can be viewed at the "Kid's Peace Station" section of the
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum web site.
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"Excellence" (Elementary School Category)
Miyu Kimura,
Hiroshima Univercity Attached Elementary School 4th Grade
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"Excellence" (Junior High School Category)
Midori Hirano,
Hiroshima Univercity Attached Junior High School 2nd Grade
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"Excellence" (Overseas Category)
Seo Min Woo,
Daegu Dalsan Elementary School 2nd Grade
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(Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum Outreach Division)
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