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2023/8/5-6 : With message of global peace to Hiroshima, musical “Peace On Your Wings” makes Los Angeles debut from Honolulu, Aug. 5-6 at Aratani Theatre

LOS ANGELES  – Honolulu youth theater company Ohana Arts and the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC) will premiere the revival production of Ohana Arts’ signature musical Peace On Your Wings on August 5-6 at the Aratani Theatre in Little Tokyo, downtown L.A., the epicenter of Japanese and Japanese American performing arts. Inspired by […]

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2022 / Weekly Cultural News: October 24-30 : Sadako Sasaki’s “Hiroshima Eternal Flame” monument project gaining local supports in Hawaii statewide

A free sample PDF copy of Weekly Cultural News, Oct. 24-30 issue is available. Please send your request to editor@culturalnews.com Subscription of Weekly Cultural News for $36 per 4 months. https://www.culturalnews.com/subscription Contents of Weekly Cultural News, October 24-30, 2022 (Reiwa 4) P01: Sadako Sasaki’s “Hiroshima Eternal Flame” monument project gaining local supports in Hawaii statewide […]

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BOOK / The Complete Story of Sadako Sasaki and the Thousand Paper Cranes

By Masahiro Sasaki and Sue DiCicco Category: Children’s Price: $10.99 SKU: 9784805316177 Publisher: Tuttle Publishing ISBN: 9784805316177 Format: Paperback Date Published: 04/07/2020 Illustrations: b&w illustrations throughout Number of Pages: 148 Trim Size: 5 X 8 https://sadakosasaki.com In this book, author Sue DiCicco and Sadako’s older brother Masahiro tell her complete story in English for the […]

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2015/80 Hawaii young casts to perform musical about Hiroshima girl tragedy in exuberant mood, Sept 18, 19

In connection with International Peace Day (September 21) commemorating the bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Ohana Arts Festival and School in Oahu, Hawaii, and the Japanese Cultural and Community Center in Los Angeles, in partnership with Helen Bing, present the North American premiere of the new musical Peace on Your Wings on Sept. 18 at […]

Hiroshima Inori
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2015 / With Hiroshima children, Los Angeles artists compose a song for A-bomb victims

https://youtu.be/3p_BkGDloF8 From Keiko Kawashima At long last, our “Inori ~ Sadako’s Prayer” YouTube video has been completed.  It has been a meaningful journey, and labor of love.  I was honored to be a part of this important work, and I hope Sadako Sasaki’s wish for peace in the world, as symbolized by her determination to fold 1,000 […]

Sadako Legacy
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2014 / Relatives of WW II historical figures to talk about Hiroshima bombing and Tohoku disaster in Los Angeles, Mar. 1

The grandson of President Harry S. Truman and the nephew of Hiroshima peace icon Sadako Sasaki will lead a panel discussion on peace-making and restoration on Saturday, March 1 from 4 pm to 6 pm at the Japan Foundation in Los Angeles. Clifton Truman Daniel, grandson of the 33rd U.S President who authorized the atomic […]