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Hiroshima Peace Study Tour 2013, University of Indianapolis
From Sunday, May 12 to Friday, May 17, 2013, a class from the University of Indianapolis (U.S.) carried out its third Hiroshima peace study tour. Fourteen participants including twelve students and two professors studied peace issues while experiencing Japanese culture. This tour was supported by the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership.
They visited peace related facilities, buildings exposed to the A-bomb, and the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF), UNITAR Hiroshima Office and listened to the testimony of an A-bomb survivor by Mr. Keijiro Matsushima. They gained knowledge about the reality of the A-bombing through such activities. They also listened to a lecture by Dr. Robert Jacobs of the Hiroshima Peace Institute on the different view points on the A-bombs between the U.S. and Japan, as well as a lecture by Ms. Mari Tsuruda, Emeritus Principal, Hiroshima YMCA School of Languages about her experience as a Japanese American during the WWII.
The students are working on various projects after going back to Indianapolis, such as creating posters of the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Peace Study Course, planning to hold an A-bomb exhibition, teaching about Hiroshima and Nagasaki to children and parents.
![平和記念公園見学(写真提供:インディアナポリス大学 天野准教授)](data/UIndy13-1.jpg)
Tour of the Peace Memorial Park
(Photo credit: Dr. Amano,
University of Indianapolis)
![原爆の子の像に千羽鶴を捧げる](data/UIndy13-2.jpg)
Offering Paper Cranes
![平和記念資料館の見学](data/UIndy13-3.jpg)
Tour of the Peace Memorial Museum
![被爆体験証言(松島圭次郎さん)](data/UIndy13-4.jpg)
A-bomb survivor’s testimony
![鶴田マリ広島YMCA名誉学院長の講義](data/UIndy13-5.jpg)
Listening to Ms. Mari Tsuruda
![中国軍管区司令部跡の見学](data/UIndy13-6.jpg)
Visit the Remains of the Chugoku Military
District Headquarters
![被爆樹木(銀杏)の前で](data/UIndy13-7.jpg)
In front of an A-bombed Gingko tree
![原爆詩の朗読会](data/UIndy13-8.jpg)
Recitation of A-bomb poems
![国立広島原爆死没者追悼平和祈念館の見学](data/UIndy13-9.jpg)
Visit the Hiroshima National Peace Memorial
Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims
![広島平和研究所ジェイコブス博士による講義](data/UIndy13-10.jpg)
Lecture by Dr. Robert Jacobs of the Hiroshima
Peace Institute