November 8, 2011 : Training in Hiroshima : Hiroshima Peace Museum and Listening to the Story of a Survivor
Today was the second day in Hiroshima. In the morning, they went to the Hiroshima Peace Museum and Park. Divided into three groups, they were guided by Peace Volunteers and looked around the museum, learning the history of Hiroshima.
In the afternoon, they watched a video about the 1945 incidents Hiroshima and Nagasaki (the other town that was hit by an atomic bomb). This seemed to give them a strong impact and made them imagine what it must have been like to be a victim of a nuclear disaster.
The Hiroshima City offers a number of learning opportunities to tourists visiting the place. This is all aimed at enhancing people’s understanding on what drastic damages an atomic bomb could cause and also at promoting peace all over the world. We should never repeat this history, we need to work on peace together – this is the message from Hiroshima.
This has been a both educational and emotional experience for many of the participants. Their multifaceted training in Hiroshima on the whole has been evaluated positively.
