Let's know more about Japan's Nagasaki Peace Park!
Hi! I'll give you some details and facts about this beautiful and peaceful park! The Nagasaki Peace Park is located in Nagasaki, Japan to honor or to remember the atomic bombing of the city last August 9, 1945. It is beside the Atomic Bomb Museum and near the Peace Memorial Hall.
Frontal View of Peace Statue
(credits to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nagasaki_peace_garden_pointing_statue.jpg)
As
you can see the picture above, that is the Frontal View of Peace Statue
of the Nagasaki Peace Park. The Peace Statue measures about 10 meter
tall and it is created by Seibo Kitamura of the Nagasaki Prefecture.
Imagine how tall that statue is! It was dedicated for the victims of the
atomic bomb explosion.
The statue's right hand point
upwards because of the threat of nuclear weapons while the left hand
point sidewards because it symbolizes eternal peace. The face of the
statue symbolizes divine grace and the gently close eyes symbolizes an
offering prayer for the repose of the victims' souls. The folded right
leg and the extended left leg symbolizes both meditation and to rescue
people. In front of the statue there is a black marble vault where it
contain names of atomic bomb victims and survivors who died.
If I will have a chance to go to Japan, I'll probably visit this park to see that amazing statue!
(credits to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Statue_at_Nagasaki_Peace_Park_Babies_in_the_Air.jpg)
(credits to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nagasaki_Fountain_of_Peace.jpg)
The Fountain of Peace is located at the south end of the park. Every year, August 9, a Peace Memorial Ceremony is being held in front of the statue and the Mayor of Nagasaki declares a Peace Declaration to the World. It was built last August 1969 as an offering prayer for the repose of the victims' souls.
Carved on the black stone
was a lines from the poem written by a girl named Sachiko Yamaguchi who
was nine years old and it says "I was thirsty beyond endurance. There
was something oily on the surface
of the water, but I wanted water so badly that I drank it just as it
was."
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The city of Nagasaki
established a "Peace Symbols Zone" on both sides of the park last 1978
where they invite donations of monuments from countries around the
world.
One of them was the "Relief of Friendship" donated by Porto, Portugal (1978).
(credits to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nagasaki_Peace_Park_C1847.jpg)
Another one is donated by Bulgaria (1980) and it is called "A Call".
(credits to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Peace_Park_memorial_-_Bulgaria.jpg)
Another one is donated by the city of San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1996) and it is called "Triumph of Peace over War".
(credits to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Peace_Park_memorial_-_Argentina.jpg)
There
are lots of monuments that are donated by other countries that we can
see at the Nagasaki Peace Park. So, if you will go to Japan, visit the
Nagasaki Peace Park to see the beautiful statues and the monuments!
I hope you have learned more about this amazing park! Thank you for reading!
Contributed by: Fervi Mae C. Cano of III-Kelvin
