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Hiroshima-Nagasaki Peace Study Course
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Study tour by students from the University of Indianapolis
From May 12-17, last year, students from the University of Indianapolis, United States, conducted the university's third peace study tour of Hiroshima.
The tour was held as part of Hiroshima Peace Studies, which is certified as a Hiroshima-Nagasaki Peace Study Course.
A total of fourteen people (twelve students and two teachers) participated in the tour, where they experienced Japanese culture and learned about peace issues.
The group visited facilities such as the Peace Memorial Museum, listened to the testimony of an A-bomb survivor, attended a recital of atomic bomb poetry at the Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims, as well as listening to lectures given at the Radiation Effects Research Foundation and Hiroshima Peace Institute.
The activities helped the students gain a deeper understanding of the actual damage caused by the bombing.
Upon their return home, the participating students are involved in the planning of initiatives to make future use of what they have learned.
One such initiative was the creation of posters advertising the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Peace Study Course, which the students provided to this Foundation and Nagasaki City.
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Students touring the Peace Memorial Museum
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Hiroshima Poster
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Central Connecticut State University Field Trip
Central Connecticut State University in America, which runs the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Peace Study Course, held its sixth field trip to Hiroshima from July 11-13 last year.
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Two teachers and 15 students from the university learned about the actual damage from the atomic bomb through various activities,
including listening to atomic bomb testimonies by Ms. Sadae Kasaoka and Mr. Keijiro Matsushima, touring Peace Memorial Park and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, and attending a recital of atomic bomb poetry at the Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims.
The group also visited other buildings exposed to the atomic bomb including the former Hiroshima branch of the Bank of Japan, and Fukuromachi Elementary School Peace Museum, tracing back over the messages and the scars of the bombing left in the buildings.
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Discussion between Central Connecticut State University students and university students from Hiroshima
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In their group discussions with university students from Hiroshima, participants talked openly about various topics including what the global community should do to abolish nuclear weapons and energy issues.
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