Christmas in Hiroshima.
The most memorable people I’ll ever meet. I can’t thank them enough.
Christmas in
Hiroshima from Paule Saviano on Vimeo.
Christmas staring in the car again. To many times.
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Christmas in Hiroshima
Friday, December 24th, 2010Hiroshima
Monday, November 29th, 2010
Atomic Bomb Dome
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010..November 2010.. ..Hiroshima..
A sad link to Samuel Yamashita’s book “Leaves from an Autumn Emergency.” Short selections of diary entries from 8 Japanese civilians during WW II, particularly after the dropping of the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=4788325&m=4788326
Autumn in Hiroshima
Saturday, November 20th, 2010
Ms. Hisayo Yamashita speaking at Gallery EF
Friday, October 1st, 2010..September 2010.. ..Asakusa, Tokyo..
A recent article appearing in the Tokyo Shimbun about Hibakusha Ms. Hisayo Yamashita speaking at Gallery EF.
She will be speaking about her experiences surviving the atomic bomb in Hiroshima at Gallery EF on October 2nd and 3rd. If your in Tokyo please stop by.
The English translation will start about half way through video, around 2 minutes 30 seconds.
Ms. Hisayo Yamashita from paul saviano on Vimeo.
Ms. Hisayo Yamashita from paul saviano on Vimeo.
Ms. Hisayo Yamashita speaking at Gallery EF in Asakusa, Tokyo
Friday, September 24th, 2010..September 2010 Tokyo..
If your in Tokyo on October 2nd or 3rd, please come hear Ms. Hisayo Yamashita speak at Gallery EF in Asakusa. I was lucky to have photographed her for my From Above exhibition earlier this year.
Here is some of Yamashita-san’s story about Hiroshima I listened to.
New York Commemoration for Hiroshima and Nagasaki Victims
Friday, August 6th, 2010..August 2010.. ..New York to Hiroshima..
..New York to Hiroshima to Nagasaki..Shots from the commemoration ceremony held in New York for the victims who died in the atomic bombings.
A small bell is rung simultaneously as in Hiroshima at the time when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
Statue from Hiroshima
Thursday, August 5th, 2010..August 2010.. ..New York..
Portrait of the bronze Shinran Shonin statue that survived the atomic bombing in Hiroshima, now located in New York.
Mr. Tsutomu Yamaguchi, double hibakusha
Saturday, January 9th, 2010..January 2010 Nagasaki..
On Monday, Tsutomu Yamaguchi-san passed away at the age of 93 in Nagasaki. He was a double hibakusha. Survivor of both atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
He started to tell his story 65 years after the bombings. Here is an article from the Japan Times briefly describing Yamaguchi-san.
Looking at the bus stop in Nagasaki….
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009..October 2009 New York..
I wonder what it is like to grow up in Hiroshima or Nagasaki. Do the children realize what happened here to their families 65 years ago?
Jet lagged, every morning at 7AM, 2 hours before my first interview with an atomic bomb Survivor I took short walks around the epicenter in Nagasaki. I wandered past the Urakami Cathedral walking up the stumpy rolling hills with school kids catching the public buses. I caught the laughter of 10 year old kids and the louder bantering of teenagers teasing each other. Occasionally saw a kid texting on their cell phone while waiting for a street signal to change.
Every manhole cover on the street in Nagasaki has a star imprinted in the metal. Frequently passed signs and stickers saying…”Nagasaki, the City of Peace.”
I couldn’t help think about the people who were vaporized by the atomic bomb. I was walking on cement that lay on top of ashes and unidentified bones. I was walking on sacred ground.
A city now covers what could be a cemetery. Every atomic bomb Survivor I met had someone in their family who was never found in the carnage of August 9th, 1945. Some vaporized, others burnt to charcoal and ash mixed in with the soil or washed away in the river.
Matsuo-san told me she thinks about saying good-bye to her 11 year old brother on August 9th, 1945. An hour before 11:02AM, when the atomic bomb was dropped. He was walking to work, less than a mile from the epicenter. Never found. Most likely vaporized or turned to ash.
I wonder what it’s like to grow up in these cities. Do they think about what’s beneath their feet when they walk to school?
The entire place had an affect on me. The people, landscape, history, stories, the few remaining heavily damaged fragments of life that barely Survived….
I grew up in a special place. New York is considered one of the capitols of the world. A cross roads of culture and excitement. Growing up in Hiroshima and Nagasaki has to have an affect on people. Whether it’s being aware of the tragedy, the cruelty of life, or the desire to live in a peaceful world.
I don’t know what it’s like growing up in either city. But if I did it would have had a profound affect on me. It did when I was 34 years old.
