There are many monuments in the Peace Park but the one to the many children who died is one of the most moving in my opinion.
Sadako Sasaki was exposed to A Bomb radiation at the age of two. Ten years later she developed leukaemia but despite the pain she folded paper cranes in the hope of a cure. Despite this effort her life ended after an eight-month struggle.
Today paper cranes are folded in many countries around the world in a wish for peace and many schools make the origami mosaics shown in the photo to display at an annual exhibition held on the anniversary of Sadako’s death.
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