With the cooperation of the Creative Expression Course of Hiroshima Municipal Motomachi High School, this Foundation is working with students to produce atomic bomb paintings, in which hibakusha and students of the school work together to convey the situation at the time by depicting scenes that remain in the memories of the hibakusha.
　　Last year, 7 hibakusha and 16 students worked on the project and 16 paintings were completed. Since the request was first made to Motomachi High School in 2007, over 170 students have cooperated to produce a total of 207 precious paintings.
　　When Mr. Sakoda was seven years old, he was struck by a sudden, heavy (because of radioactive materials) "black rain" in the mountains of present-day Asa Town, about 19 kilometers northwest of the hypocenter. The picture depicts Mr. Sakoda and other children who were unaware that it was dangerous rain and were excited and looking at it curiously. Mr. Sakoda said, "Ms. Mochida has made the events in my memory visible. I hope many people will see this painting and feel the power and horror of the atomic bombing."
　　This is the second time for Ms. Mochida to work on an atomic bomb painting. She said "In order to prevent this mistake from being repeated, I think it is important not only to think about what happened on August 6, 1945, but also to consider how much impact it has had on the present. There are things I realized precisely because it was my second production, and I want to share them in my own words with as many people as possible in the future."
　　The atomic bomb paintings completed through the efforts of the hibakusha and students will be used to help better understand the testimonies by the hibakusha, and will also be used to pass on the reality of the A-bomb damage to future generations by lending original paintings and providing image data to citizens and the media.