At the same time as G7 Ise-Shima Summit was held in Mie Prefecture in Japan on May 26-27, 2016, the Hiroshima and Nagasaki A-Bomb Exhibition was also held from May 22-29 at Iseshi Kanko Bunka Kaikan (Ise City Tourism and Culture Hall). There were 3,290 visitors to the exhibition.
On the 22^nd was the opening ceremony, attended by the mayors of Hiroshima City and Nagasaki City, Mie Prefectural Governor, the mayor of Ise City, as well as the prefectural assembly chairperson and representatives of the children of Ise City.
At the A-Bomb Exhibition were displays of A-bomb artifacts from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, photo panels communicating the actual damage from the bombings, and A-bomb pictures drawn by A-bomb survivors. At the venue were also screenings of DVDs on the topics of the atomic bomb and peace, and a message section was also set up on the theme of "Let's all grow the flower of peace". There were many messages written there, including messages such as "We should never again go to war. Let us pray for world peace", and "We should abolish nuclear weapons".
During the exhibition period the British Consul to Japan and consulate directors from the Korean, Taiwanese and Vietnamese consulates in Japan also visited the exhibition, leaving messages there, and three high officials from the EU delegation also visited, listening intently to the staff's explanations of the panels and articles of the deceased, and also sometimes asking questions.
On the 28^th, in the conference room there was an atomic bombing testimony by Mr. Sadao Yamamoto, an A-bomb witness for the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, and atomic bombing testimony recitals by the Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims volunteers, Ms. Hisako Otsuka and Ms. Naomi Harao.
This exhibition in Ise, far away from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, communicated the truth of the damage of the atomic bombing, and therefore represented one step forward for world peace and the abolition of nuclear weapons.