4TH SADAKO SASAKI REMEMBRANCE DAY - JAPANESE AND TURKISH CHILDREN COME TOGETHER FOR PEACE..

Turkish and Japanese Children Come Together for Peace on the Anniversary of Hiroshima! As every year, this year too the Istanbul Toy Museum remembers Sadako Sasaki on 6 August with Japanese and Turkish children, sending messages of peace to the world with paper cranes…

On the anniversary of the atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, our Turkish and Japanese children will come together so that such great destruction never happens again, for a world where tolerance reigns. With their little hands, the children will complete the cranes that Sadako Sasaki, who was affected by the atomic bomb, folded with her wishes for peace but could not finish, and will then express their wish to live in love and peace. At the events, led by instructor Gökçen Atamgüç, children will learn about the traditional Japanese art of origami and how to make fun figures, and will then make the crane figure, which has become a symbol of peace all over the world.

Event Programme:

Date: Sunday 6 August

16:00-17:00 Fun Figures with the Art of Origami and Crane-Making Workshop

About Sadako Sasaki;

Sadako Sasaki, who fell ill and became bedridden at the age of 12 because of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, believed, according to a Japanese belief, that if she made 1000 paper cranes her wish would come true, and she would get well and play with her toys again as before. When Sasaki closed her eyes for the last time, 645 paper cranes she had made stood at her bedside!.. Every year, in different parts of the world, children fold the colourful cranes that Sadako Sasaki could not complete and send a message of peace to the world. The Istanbul Toy Museum has held a crane event in memory of Sadako Sasaki every year since it opened.