8,000 Lanterns at Motoyasu River
A picture of the 8,000 lanterns floating down the Motoyasu River in front of the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima’s Naka Ward on Thursday Night. Local residents, survivors and families all clasped their hands in prayers for the victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima that happened 64 years ago.
Hmm. When I first saw the picture, I thought that it was for a celebration of a festival. Turns out that it’s actually to pray for the victims of the atomic bombing that happened years ago. =/
Do you see lanterns floating down in a river at your country? Is it done to give your prayers for a certain incident or for a celebration of a festival?
Source: Mainichi Photo Journal
None here in Canada, but still touching nonetheless.
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Beautiful… And sad. How many innocent lives were taken by that unneccessary action, how many stories of love, hate and friendship were lost… When news say ‘X00 victims’ we take that and don’t think about it. But actually, every single of them had a story of their life, loved somebody, was loved by somebody. It’s not different from if you’d take Ryuji and Taiga or Kyon and Haruhi and kill both.
Touching. Sorry if I’ve went too far… didn’t want to make such a negative comment. Anyway, no, here in Germany you wouldn’t see such a sight.
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This is better than the other bit of news I saw appear in remembrance of the Atamic Bomb:
Japanese General: “We Must Acquire Nuclear Weapons”
Doesn’t it seem to be a little distasteful to bring it up on the anniversary?
Anyways…
You also would not see something like this in America… Over here you’re lucky if you can get the public interest for more than a month… Condolences over 9/11 only were strong in there first year or two.
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@ Seinime: yeah it’s indeed touching. I think most incidents in countries just gets “remembered” for awhile before everything revert back to the norm
@ Gargron: I’m sure they’re sorry for what happened regardless. I met them on my exchange, well how do I say.. they’re sorry for what happened in a way, but not letting the past affect the present and future =).
@ bluesnow: seems that there’re a lot of stories on that particular day. read more of them at JapanProbe ytd =3.
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