Archive for the ‘Hiroshima’ Category

Christmas in Hiroshima

Tuesday, December 28th, 2010

Christmas in Hiroshima

Friday, December 24th, 2010

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.

Hiroshima

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.