A Year of Prayer in HIROSHIMA,August 2021-July 2022

ヒロシマ祈りの場の1年~2021年8月-2022年7月~

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A Year of Prayer in HIROSHIMA,August 2021-July 2022

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A Year of Prayer in HIROSHIMA,August 2021-July 2022

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A Year of Prayer in HIROSHIMA,August 2021-July 2022

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Hiroshima is where the world’s first atomic bomb was dropped. Peace Park in the center of the city has the A-Bomb Dome, the A-Bomb Museum, the Cenotaph for the Atomic Bomb Victims, and more. All of these tell the reality of the atomic bombing. What kind of people come to this place of prayer? We looked at a year in the life of Peace Park.
Kazuko Watanabe (78) visits the Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound in the park every day at dawn. We saw Mrs. Watanabe carefully raking the fallen leaves at the memorial mound and cleaning the flower stand. Some 70,000 unclaimed remains are enshrined here. Mrs. Watanabe, who has been volunteering for more than 20 years says,”You can say there are 70,000, but each and every one of them was a person who had a precious life with hope for a bright future. The atomic bomb cut that short.” Her sister-in-law, 14 at the time, went missing in the bombing and never returned home.
Today, people from all walks of life visit this place of prayer. People come to take part in the “sennin kenka (flower-offering by 1,000 people)” on New Year’s Day at the Cenotaph for Atomic Bomb Victims. For 60 years, a Buddhist monk has been coming to the Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound on the sixth day of every month to read a sutra. Every day, a man reads witness accounts of Hibakusha at the Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall. As we continued our coverage, Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine began. Who came to Peace Park then?
This program depicts the sentiments of HIROSHIMA through the people we met in Peace Park.

世界で初めて原子爆弾が投下されたヒロシマ。街の中心にある平和公園は、原爆ドームや原爆資料館、原爆死没者慰霊碑などがあり、被爆の実相を伝えている。この祈りの場には、日々どんな人がやって来るのか。番組では平和公園の1年を追った。

渡部和子さん(78歳)は、毎日夜明けとともに公園内にある原爆供養塔にやってくる。渡部さんは、供養塔周辺の落ち葉を丁寧にかき集め、献花台を清掃していた。ここには約7万柱の引き取り手のない遺骨が納められている。20年以上ボランティアを続ける渡部さんは、「7万と言われても、お一人お一人のそれまでにかけがえのない人生があったんだし、希望があった。輝かしい人生を原爆で断ち切られたんですから。」と語る。当時14歳だった義理の姉は、原爆で行方不明になったまま戻ってこなかったという。

祈りの場には今日も様々な人が訪れる。元旦、原爆死没者慰霊碑で“千人献花”を行う人々。毎月6日、60年にわたって原爆供養塔での読経を続ける僧侶。毎日、原爆死没者追悼平和祈念館で被爆体験記を読む男性。取材を続ける中で、ロシアによるウクライナへの軍事侵攻が始まった。そのとき、どんな人がいたのか。平和公園で出会った人たちを通して、“ヒロシマの思い”が映し出される。
A Year of Prayer in HIROSHIMA,August 2021-July 2022

©TSS-TV CO., LTD.

A Year of Prayer in HIROSHIMA,August 2021-July 2022

©TSS-TV CO., LTD.

A Year of Prayer in HIROSHIMA,August 2021-July 2022

©TSS-TV CO., LTD.

Hiroshima is where the world’s first atomic bomb was dropped. Peace Park in the center of the city has the A-Bomb Dome, the A-Bomb Museum, the Cenotaph for the Atomic Bomb Victims, and more. All of these tell the reality of the atomic bombing. What kind of people come to this place of prayer? We looked at a year in the life of Peace Park.
Kazuko Watanabe (78) visits the Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound in the park every day at dawn. We saw Mrs. Watanabe carefully raking the fallen leaves at the memorial mound and cleaning the flower stand. Some 70,000 unclaimed remains are enshrined here. Mrs. Watanabe, who has been volunteering for more than 20 years says,”You can say there are 70,000, but each and every one of them was a person who had a precious life with hope for a bright future. The atomic bomb cut that short.” Her sister-in-law, 14 at the time, went missing in the bombing and never returned home.
Today, people from all walks of life visit this place of prayer. People come to take part in the “sennin kenka (flower-offering by 1,000 people)” on New Year’s Day at the Cenotaph for Atomic Bomb Victims. For 60 years, a Buddhist monk has been coming to the Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound on the sixth day of every month to read a sutra. Every day, a man reads witness accounts of Hibakusha at the Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall. As we continued our coverage, Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine began. Who came to Peace Park then?
This program depicts the sentiments of HIROSHIMA through the people we met in Peace Park.

世界で初めて原子爆弾が投下されたヒロシマ。街の中心にある平和公園は、原爆ドームや原爆資料館、原爆死没者慰霊碑などがあり、被爆の実相を伝えている。この祈りの場には、日々どんな人がやって来るのか。番組では平和公園の1年を追った。

渡部和子さん(78歳)は、毎日夜明けとともに公園内にある原爆供養塔にやってくる。渡部さんは、供養塔周辺の落ち葉を丁寧にかき集め、献花台を清掃していた。ここには約7万柱の引き取り手のない遺骨が納められている。20年以上ボランティアを続ける渡部さんは、「7万と言われても、お一人お一人のそれまでにかけがえのない人生があったんだし、希望があった。輝かしい人生を原爆で断ち切られたんですから。」と語る。当時14歳だった義理の姉は、原爆で行方不明になったまま戻ってこなかったという。

祈りの場には今日も様々な人が訪れる。元旦、原爆死没者慰霊碑で“千人献花”を行う人々。毎月6日、60年にわたって原爆供養塔での読経を続ける僧侶。毎日、原爆死没者追悼平和祈念館で被爆体験記を読む男性。取材を続ける中で、ロシアによるウクライナへの軍事侵攻が始まった。そのとき、どんな人がいたのか。平和公園で出会った人たちを通して、“ヒロシマの思い”が映し出される。

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2021/08 ~ 2022/07

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