Muse No. 9
Japanese Network of Museums for Peace
Newsletter： September, 2003
The Editorial Office: Kyoto Museum for World Peace,
Ritsumeikan University56-1 Kita-machi, Toji-in, Kita-ku, Kyoto City 603-8577 Japan
Director: Ikuro Anzai.

Curator: Masahiko Yamabe

Editor: Kazuyo Yamane.

Ilustrator: Erico Tosaki

Tel: +81-075-465-8151. Fax: +81-075-465-7899.

Eight

Japanese

International

attended

Conference

4th

The theme of the conference was “
From

Peace

War Remembrance to Peace Education”

theof

http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp

and it is great that the website of theMuseums

International

NetworkofPeace

The 4th International Conference ofMuseums was opened as follows:

Peace Museums was held from May 5 towww.peacemuseums.org

9 in Ostend, Belgium.

About sixty

The details of the conference including

people from 17 countries participatedpapers and photos are available in thisincluding eight people from Japan.

website.

(Pacific War History Museum, the 5th
Lucky

Dragon

DisplayHouse,

Itwas

proposed

that

the

next

Grassroots House and three peace

conference would be held at Gernika

researchers.)

Museum in 2005 or 2006.

The

numberof

It is hoped

participants was less than it wasthat more Japanese will participate in

expected because of the war on Iraq andthe next International Conference.

SARS.

For example, Professor Ikuro

Anzai, the director of Kyoto Museum
for World Peace, was not allowed to go
abroadby

Ritsumeikan

University

because it might be dangerous to travel
because of the war on Iraq.

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The following is Ms. Keiko Nishimoto’s

Grassroots

House

Kochi

(Japan)impressions.

introduced its activity: “lightning forthe victims in Iraq€35
in accordance withthe attack in Iraq and peace appeal to

In Flanders

the Kochi City. Another peace museum

Keiko Nishimoto

makes an attempt to offer a “
place”forI attended the Fourth International

accommodation and reconciliation. It

Conference

might

of

Peace

Museumsinbepossiblehave

museumsantheprogrammes, free from a conventional

University of Bradford, UK. I decided tonotion about museums where artifacts

send an application as I planned toare just exhibited.

Peace

Studies

at

such

more

Ostende, Belgium. I have been taking
MA in

with

to

interactive

write my dissertation about peace
As a field trip, we visited someeducation and peace studies.

cemeteries, two peace museums for
It was a pity that some people hadremembrance of the first World War,cancelled because of SARS, however,and the former concentration camp,thepowerful

each of which was quite impressive. I

presentations about their museums andwould like to write about how two world

their activities. On the third day, in awars are conveyed in Belgium.

participants

divided

group

made

(into

three),

many

enthusiastic activities were reported by

Both museums, In Flanders Fields

people who were involved in peace

Museum (Ieper) and the Ijzertoren

museums. Each museum adopts a

Museumvariety of approaches and methods toreality of the first World War. As I was

create a more peaceful world, whichborn and brought up in Japan, I regard

made me recognise that it was a time tothe first World War from a certain

modifyofdistance as a historical fact. But, these“museums”in general. This is a new

two museums appeal to the visitors

kind of museum that tries to provide

with an impressive means of exhibition

visitorsin Ieper and with a huge amount of

a

with

particular

more

image

concrete

ideas:(Diksmuide),

artefacts

feeling of empowerment.”The curator

Ijzertorenof the Guernika Peace Museum (Spain)

problems in the army were introduced,

told me that she offered educational

which could be seen in Japan as well.

forschools.

The

2

Diksmuide.

Museum,

the

In

the

“
visitors leave the museums with aprogrammesinconveytheethnic€War”
3 4 reminds me, who was born andPacific War History Museum: Iwate

brought up in Japan, of “
the 15 years’war (1931-1945),€35
however, Europe has

Japanese people go to Yasukuni Shrinea different viewpoint, that is, a legacy

inof the first World War as well as thecommemorate dead soldiers, but it

second World War. Especially, the firstshould not be forgotten that bones ofWorld War inflicted serious damage on

Japanese soldiers still remain and have

Belgium, a legacy of which still exists.

been left out in the open in other AsianIn the former concentration camp, thenations.

Tokyo

and

local

shrinestoexhibition, building, and atmosphereconvey the cruel fact of oppression.

We went to Biak in New Guinea last
fall and discovered some bones of deadI am wondering how we can create asoldiers.

We submitted the photos toworld, where we can live with dignity

Japanese(positive peace) without war (negative

officials to investigate the situation.

peace). How should we confront the

But we found in January that nothing

past, understand ongoing facts, andwas done. It is very important not toconstruct our world? To what extent doforget dead soldiers so that we won’tpeace museums contribute to “
peace”?

take part in new war in the future.

These are some of the thoughts I was(Newsletter of Pacific War History

left with after the conference.

Museum No. 39 issued in March, 2003)

government

and

asked

Keiko’
s e-mail: keikon@sa2.so-net.ne.jp
A novel of Record of the War in

Paradise Island (Paradise-tou Senki)
wasfavorably

reviewed.

Pleasecontact us because it is not available ata bookstore if you’d like to get one.
Fax: +81-197-52-4575
Sendai History Falk Museum: Sendai
City: Iwate(With thanks to Dr. Ursula Maria

A Collection of Materials No. 1 was

Ruser)

published on March 31st and what isrecorded is as follows: “materials on

3soldiers who trained children at school

was also played by flute in a storyof the 2nd Division ofcalled “Poor Elephants”that suffered

and the military

the army”in “
War and People’s Life”,

from starvation during World War II.

“
materials(Newsletter of Saitama Peace Museum

relatedtocitizens’ life

during the war: public meetings, groups

Vol. 10 No. 3 published on March 15)

in a community that were made to

http://village.infoweb.ne.jp/-pms

control people easily, the control of aration, selling rice to the government,
Sendai City

burnt

down

by

The Maruki Gallery: Saitama

U.S.

bombers in eight grader’s diaries.”

An art exhibition by five anti-war
artists such as Izuru Mizutani was

Fax: +81-22-257-6401

exhibited from October 1 to December
21, 2002.

Saitama Peace Museum: Saitama

The symposium was held on

October 6 by the five artists and the
director, Ichiro Hariu.

An exhibition called “Letters frombattlefields”was held from February 12

The second floor that was used by Mr. &to March 9. Letters written by soldiers

Mrs. Maruki as a studio was opened as

and civilians abroad were exhibited.

a library and a lounge in April, 2003.
Their paintings on the scenery of theMaterials

collected

in

2002

were

waterside were exhibited from April 1

exhibited from April 22 to June 22.

to July 5.

Two films called “An Angry Stone

There was a slide show on Iraqi

Statue (Okori Jizo)”and “Five Scoutschildren who suffered from depleted(Gonin no Sekkou-hei)”were shown on

uranium.

Dec. 8, 2002.

photographer,

Himoyuri

A film called “Tower of

(HimeyurinoTou)€35on

Mr. Naomi Toyota, thegavealectureandshowed the slides at a café of Shinjuku

Okinawa was shown on March 21.

Word Office and it was organized by
Friends Association of Maruki Gallery.

Other films including “On a Paper
Crane” were

shown

in

January,

A lecture on war against Iraq, a concert

February, April, May and June.

in the open air and a party were held on
May 5, the anniversary of the opening

Stories for peace were read on Januaryof Maruki Gallery.

19 by a group called Nonohana.

(Newsletter

Music

4

No.

75

publishedonDecember 25 and No. 76 published on

The first general meeting was held on

April 22)

November 23, 2002. Professor Masuo

http://www.aya.or.jp/-marukimsn

Omura of Waseda University gave alecture on Yin Tungchu and his poems.

National History Folk Museum: Sakura

The

City, Chiba Pref.

revolutionary poet.

A report on war memorials in modern

Professor

time and today was published on March

University gave a lecture on December

31.

7, 2002, the first anniversary of theInvestigation was done in some

poet

is

Li

a

lyricist

Jingyuan

and

of

a

Risshou

prefectures, but it was not done in otheropening of the museum.

prefectures.

about a historical reconciliation and a

Therefore, the report is

He talked

not complete yet.

civil society.

The details are available

Fax: +81-43-486-4209

in its newsletter in Japanese.
Fax: +81-3-5272-3510
E-mail: kourai@40net.jp

Toshima History Museum: Tokyo
There

was

an

exhibition

on

the

The

air-raids on Toshima, and people€31
s life

Fifth

Lucky

Dragon

DisplayHouse: Tokyo

during World War II was shown fromJanuary 24 to March 30.

Exhibited

There

is

a

project

of

the

50th

were citizens’record on the air-raids,

anniversary of the hydrogen bomb test

articles related to the air-raids, photos

on the Bikini Atoll of the Marshallof the ruins of the air-raids, a map that

Island.

showed victims’
address and where andconducted by the United States in 1954.

when they escaped.

The

nucleartest

was

An illustrated

book was also published.

About 100,000 people visit the House

Fax: +81-45-896-2299

every year and approximately 40,000
visitors are children of elementary

Korai

Museum(KoreanMuseum):school, junior high school and highTokyo

school.

They think of the present

world relating to the Bikini incident.
The opening hour was changed in April:noon to 5:00 pm from Wednesday to

The theme of the project is “Conveying

Sunday.

the Bikini Incident to the Future
Generation”.

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There is a plan ofrenewingthepermanent

exhibits,

for study or for cultural festival.

holding a special exhibition on the

There are various purposes of their

Bikini incident and making traveling

visit, but they are all eager to learn the

exhibits, a special exhibition on the

U.S. air-raids on Tokyo.

victims of the Marshall Island, an art
exhibition by modern artists in JapanAbout

and the USA, holding a symposium andimpression in notebooks.

publishing books.

had the experience of the air-raids

1000

visitors

wrote

their

Those who

wrote their feelings while the post-war
Website: http://d5f.org

generation wrote the importance ofknowing the air-raids.

Pupils andTokyo Document Center on Air Raids

students of secondary school wrote

and War Damages: Tokyo

their strong wishes for peace, which
made me feel that it was really nice tomake this museum.

The following is a greeting by Mr.
Katsumoto Saotome, the director, at thefirst anniversary of the opening of the

However, it seems that Japan willmuseum.

make new war again.

I believe thatconveying how people suffered from
This is our first experience of opening a

World War II would prevent the next

museum and we’
ve been working very

war and lead to making efforts forhard as if we were off our heads. The

peace.

number of the visitors was over 10300

will develop in the future and I’
d like to

and we are all surprised because it isask for your cooperation.

more than we expected since the(Newsletterbuilding is so small.

February 1)

I hope this small peace centerNo.

2

publishedon

http://www9.ocn.ne.jp/-sensai/
People

come

not

only

from

the

community but also from various places

Association of Preserving Undergroundfrom Hokkaido in the north to Okinawa

Shelter in Asakwa: Tokyo

in the south.
The history of Asawaka underground
About 10 % of the visitors are children

shelter is introduced using photos inof elementary school and junior highthe newsletter of “Peace Asakawa”No.

school, and high school students.

32.

They

visit the museum as a school excursion,

The shelter is in Hachiouji City.

29 members visited Saitama Peace

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Museum,

MarukiGalleryandWar has been spreading globally andYoshimatu Underground Shelter inthere are regional conflicts in various

Saitama Prefecture in February. The

places in the world.

shelter was made to produce engines ofto record facts on women who sufferedairplanes, but a single engine was notfrom war and convey them to the next

produced because Japan was defeated.

generation in order to realize the

Http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cy6y-ymns/

peaceful world without violence.

Tokyo Holocaust Education Resource

We have five ideas for our activities.

We are planning

Center: Tokyo
1. The emphasis is put on violence in
The center moved to the following

war from a perspective of gender inaddress on April 1.

justice.
2. Not only the victim side of Japan in

5

Suga-cho,

Shinjuku-ku,Tokyo

war but also the aggressive side

160-8565

will be made clear.

Fax: +81-3-5363-4809

3. We will not only preserve materials

www.ne.jp/asahi/holocaust/tokyo/

on the past and the present andholocaust@tokyo.email.ne.jp

exhibit them but also make themuseum as a center of creating
peace in the future.

It became possible to borrow panels
through the Internet.

4. We will make the museum as

We also lendbooks, teach holocaust at school andpeople€31s
movement

introduce teaching materials.

irrelevant to national authority.

A freewhichis

5. We will inform non-Japanese of ourmail magazine is available.

activities and promote activities ofsolidarity beyond national borders.

Women’s War and Peace Museum:Tokyo

There are three kinds of activities.
Women’s War and Peace Museum will1.

be created by women’s groups andindividuals

who

protestThe first activity is to record thepast so that it won’t be forgotten.

againstviolence, protect women’s human rights

This

includesmaterials

and work for peace with people of other

Women’s

Internationalcountries.

Criminal

Tribunal

held

on
War
in

December, 2000, materials on civil

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suit by women who were forced towork as sex slaves and the result of
the investigation of those women inother Asian countries.

We willmake it possible for people to seevideos on the testimony by the
women and films that recorded oral
2.

history through the Internet.

Association of Preserving Underground

Secondly

Shelter in Hiyoshidai: Kanagawa

we

will

investigate

violence against women in war andregional conflicts.

3.

We will inform

The shelter is on Hiyoshi campus ofpeople of women’s anti-military

Keiou Gijuku University in Yokohama

bases,

City.

anti-war

activities

and

There

used

to

be

the

promote creating peace.

headquarter of the Navy Fleets. There

Thirdly the museum will be aiscenter of studying, educating andheadquarter of the Air Force existed.

creating peace.

A plan to build an apartment above the

There will be a

also

the

shelter

where

the

mini-theater, small meetings andshelter was made clear.

exhibitions so that people can getof the association asked Yokohama

together and create peace. It willmunicipality and the developer of the

be possible to read books andapartment not to allow the building ofarticles by Yayori Matsui whotheworkedWomen’
s

very

hard

apartment

The members

becauseAgencyoftorealize

Culture has been investigating theInternationalWarshelter to see if it is worth preserving

Criminal Tribunal.

as a historic site related to modern war.
http://www.geocities.HeartLand-Hana

Now we made a committee to build the

mizuki/2402

museum with many people and discuss
the plans of concrete activities.

Kanagawa

Plaza

for

GlobalCitizenship: Kanagawa
We are having a campaign to raise
funds about 100 million yen.

There was a photo exhibition fromJanuary 25 to February 16.

Exhibited

Tel & Fax: +81-3-3369-6866

were 100 photos that were awarded in

Email: info@wfphr.org

the photo contest in Asia and Pacific
Oceans held by UNESCO in 2001.

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(Global

Citizens’ Report

No.

15

planning to build a peace museum.

published on March 1)

About 130 people attended it including

http://www.pref.kanagawa.jp/osirase/plJapanese high school students, Koreanazacollege students, co-op members and soforth.

Yuki no Shita Peace Culture Museum:
Fukui

About fifty people gathered on April 29,
the 7th anniversary of opening the

There was an exhibition of “
War andConstitution Forest which was named

Children” on May 10-11.

Exhibited

after Article 9 that renounces war in

were

includingJapanese Constitution.

about

100

articlesThey weeded

photos of Iraqi children who suffered

the site where they are planning tofrom the US air-raids.

build a peace museum.

An emphasis

was put on misery of children who(Newsletter of “
Hozon Undou”No. 149

suffered much in war.

published on May 10.)The photos

were taken by Yoshimi Sato in Saitama
Prefecture and Taku Morizumi in Tokyo.

http://village.infoweb.ne.jp/~kibonoie

Visitors wrote their impressions andkibonoie@mb.infoweb.ne.jp

there was donation for the exhibition.
(Kanpou newsletter No. 135 published

Shizuoka Peace Museum: Shizuoka

on May 15)
Tel/fax: +81-776-52-2169

Forty photos taken in Afghanistan andyukisita@kore.mitene.ore.jp

Iraq

taken

by

five

were

exhibited from

Peace Museum Project in Matsushiro:

April 25 to June 8.

Cluster bombs

Naganowere used in war on Iraq and many

photographers

Japaneseduds are very dangerous just like landmines.

On November 11, 2002 there was theanniversary to commemorate Korean
and Japanese workers who were killed

There

has

in accident during World War II when

pictures on experiences of US air-raids

they were digging an undergroundfrom June 19 to September 28. Overshelter for the Headquarter of the2000 people were burnt to death

Japanese Army in Matsushiro.

because of the air-raids from June 19 to
20, 1945.

It was held at the site where they are

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been

an

exhibitionofTel & fax: +81-54-247-9641
http://homepage2.nifty.com/shizuoka-he
iwa
shizuoka-ehiwa@nifty.com
Kyoto Museum for World Peace: Kyoto
There was a special exhibition on
activities of Association of Peshawar(which is in Pakistan) from May 15 toJune 15. The members are active not
only in medical care but also digging awell and building flumes in Pakistan
and Afghanistan.

There was also a

lecture by Mitsuharu Fukumoto of the
Association of Peshawar on medical
cooperation for 19 years and reality in

A Peace Statue of Children of the World

Afghanistan on May 21.
Children Center for Peace & Human
A photo exhibition on beautiful scenery

Rights: Sakai City of Osakain Japan was held from May 15 to June
17.

The

Michihiro

photoswere

Kawamura

taken

of

by

Many panels on school textbooks were

Yomiuri

produced and exhibited at various

Newspaper and he gave a lecture ofplaces in Japan.

“
The Field of Creating photos forsociology, music and morality were

Newspaper”on May 15.

newly made.

New panels on

Mrs. Kazuko Yoshioka

criticizes a new textbook for morality
A Peace Statue of Children of the Worldbecause it is similar to the one used

was temporarily exhibited in front ofduring World War II.

the entrance of Kyoto Museum for

thanWorld Peace on May 5, Children’s Day.

because they were donated by people

It was made by efforts of children

who supported Ienaga textbook trial.

including high school students.

There

Loyalty to the emperor and obedienceis already one in Hiroshima and Tokyo.

was emphasized during WWII and4000

textbooks

She has moreofmorality

critical thinking was prohibited.

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Fax: +81-72-227-1453

http://www.mydome.or.jp/peace

Osaka International Peace Center

Peace Memorial: Suita City of Osaka

There was a special exhibition on

A peace film is shown every month ascultural heritage that was lost in Osakafollows.

during WWII from March 25 to May 18.

movie (1948), on a young man who got“
Siberia Story”, a Russian

injured in war, but tries to be a
A special exhibition on the effects ofcomposer (in December), “
There is noland mines was held from May 27 toabnormality

July 13.

Exhibited were photos ofJanuary), “Morocco”on foreign soldierspeople in Cambodia who suffered fromin Morocco (in February), “
Goodbye toland mines, and pictures painted by

Hippopotamus”that is about exchanges

children in Bosnia and Herzegovinaof children and a hippopotamus during

in

West

Front” (inthe US air-raids on Tokyo, and also
There were seminars on “Asia and“Angry Stone Statue” on the atomic

NGO”“
Historicalbombing on Hiroshima (in March),reconciliation”in March, “Resistance to“Wild Rose”on Vienna Boys Choir (inWar in Okinawa”in June. Tadao Sato,

April),

a film critic, gave a lecture on “
How warbombing on Nagasaki (in May) andwas shown in Japanese films” on“Mata Hari”on a woman spy in World

December 7, 2001.

War I (in June).

in

January,

Five films on war“
Tomorrow” ontheatomicand peace were shown in December.

Tel: +81-6-6387-2593

There were a lecture, a drama, andPeace and Human Rights Museum:music related to the US air-raids on

Sakai City of Osaka

Osaka on March 13.
There was a photo exhibition from April

War and Peace No. 12, the bulletin of

6 to June 29.

Osaka International Peace Institutephotos that were awarded in the photo

was published on March 31, 2002.

contest in Asia and Pacific Oceans held

Exhibited were 100

by UNESCO in 2001.
There was a fieldwork of visiting war
related sites on May 18.

Fax: +81-072-270-8159

Fax: +81-6-6943-6080

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Himeji Peace Museum: Hyogo

hpcf@pcf.city.hiroshima.jp

There was an exhibition of “Children andHiroshima National Peace Memorial

War”using original materials, photos andHall for the Atomic Bomb Victims

films from April 5 to July 13.

Memoir by people who lost their

Fax: +81-792-91-2526

beloved by the atomic bomb, victims’
photos and articles left by the victims

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

have been exhibited since April 1 andwill end on March 31, 2004.

Paintings drawn by the atomic bomb
victims were exhibited from March 5 toJuly 6.

Address: 1-6 Nakajima-cho, Naka-ku,

They were collected by themuseum, NHK Broadcasting Company,

Hiroshima City 730-0811

Chugoku Newspaper and so forth inTel: +81-82-543-6271

2002.

Fax: +81-82-543-6273

Materials kept by the late Mr. Kiyoshi(Peace Culture No. 149 published on

Yoshikawa, the atomic bomb victim andJune 1)a peace activist, were donated to themuseum.

514 books, 248 films and2102 photos were listed.

Takamatsu Civic Culture Center

There are

Peace Memorial Museum: Kagawa

5000 more original materials such as
letters, diary and postcards.

They

About thirty panels on children’s lifehave been listed for classification.

during World War II and seventy
original articles such as toys and school

Institute was created in Hiroshima

supplies were exhibited from November

Peace

19 to 24.

Memorial Museum and the

Journal No. 1 was published on March
31 to report the research.

Posters and panels on the atomic(Peace Culture No. 148 published onbombing were exhibited from May 20 toMarch 1 and No. 149 published on June25.

1)
A film of “
Mucchan’s Poetry”was shown
Fax: +81-82-542-7941

on November 23, 2002.

http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/peacesi

girl named Mucchan who starved tote/death at an air-raid shelter on Ouita

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It is about aCity.

There are about 100 people in Citizens’
Association for Making Peace Museum

An animated cartoon of “
A Blue-eyedin Matsuyama City. The first meetingDoll”was shown on May 24.

was held at Ehime Univeristy in(Peace Memorial Newsletter No. 9

Matsuyama city on December 8, 2002.

published in January and No. 10

Aboutpublished in April)

listened to a lecture by Kensaku

Fax: +81-87-861-7981

Umebara, the head of Association of

http://www.city.takamatu.kagawa.jp/ky

Recording War Damages and Air-raids

oiku/bunkabu/sbsenter/heiwa.htm

in

forty

Kochi.

peopleHegatheredtalked

how

and

the

Grassroots House was created in Kochi
German Museum: Tokushimacity.

He insisted that it was important

to collect materials and preserve them
There

were

twelveplaceswhere

cooperating

German prisoners of war were put in

with

local

government

officials.

after World War II such as Tokyo,
Nagoya,Osaka,

Tokushima,

Ouita,The members of the association in

Fukuoka, Kumamoto and so forth.

Matsuyama City are planning to collect

There is a plan to publish a journal on

signatures to make a peace museum

these camps and there is an appeal forand ask Matsuyama city assembly tocooperation in its newsletter, Ruhecreate a peace museum in September.

No.5.
Tel & fax: +81-89-927-9260
There has been a lecture on German
culture since March 1.

heiyu@mue.biglobe.ne.jp

It is possible tolearn German customs, environmental

Grassroots House: Kochi

issues, how to deal with rubbish,
education, daily life as a student,

Ms. Kathleen Sullivan, an expert ofstudent’s life, proverbs and so forth.

disarmament education, gave a lecture
on nuclear issues on November 30,

Fax: +81-88-689-0909

2002.

doitukan@city.naruto.tokushima.jp

citizens enjoyed learning them.

Peace Museum Project in Matsuyama

When energy is changed, the world can

City: Ehime

be changed.

Not only young people but also

Solar system was set on

the roof of the Grassroots House and it

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becamepossibletouse

on Iraq at Kochi Liberty and People’selectricity

without depending on a power company.

Rights Museum.

The width of theIt cost about $13,500.

paper is 70cm and the length is 30m.
There are already 13 rolled papers.

A film of “Power and Terror”on Noam
Chomsky was shown on March 7 andPupils, teenagers and young people inabout 400 people saw it.

their twenties were especially eager towrite their messages such as “No war!

Peace Wave in Kochi started on June 15

Peace is the best!”“Nothing would be

and there were various activities suchcreated from war!” “Life is precious

as Peace Star festival where one million

equally”“Love & Peace”and so forth.

paper cranes were folded by 100,000
people, the exhibition to think of war

All the messages were taken in photos

and peace such as a photo exhibition on

and sent to President Bush and Prime

war on Iraq, anti-nuclear peace concert,

Minister Koizumi.

peace theater, peace march, high school

albums with forty photos were sent to

students’ peacethem.

festival,

peace

art

So far nine small

exhibition, peace film festival andCandles were put so that it made words

children’s meeting for peace.

of “
No War” and people who pass
Action against War on Iraq

downtown lit the candles.

Musicians

Keiko Tamaki: Vise director of thesometimes played music and people

Grassroots House

stopped walking and listened to music.

On March 19 citizens, college students

Such action continues though time wasand musicians got together and decidedchanged.

to protest against the war on Iraq.

peace messages were taken from 13:00

From April 16 to June 14,

to 17:00 on Sunday and also 18:00 to
They started to collect messages for

19:00 on Friday.

Since June 15, it ispeace from 12:00 to 13:00 and have aheld from 14:00 to 16:00 on Sunday.

vigil from 18:00 to 19:00 every day. It
was held downtown, so many people

Three young people went to Tokyo towrote messages for peace and attended

protest against the passage of thethe vigil.

National Emergency Law which makeMessages were written in arolled paper.

is possible for Japan to get involved

One of the rolled papers

with war started by the USA.

became a part of an exhibition on War

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They

took one roll of papers full of anti-war

A video tape of “
Tomio Taketomi Talks

messages.

about War and Materials on War”was
produced by Seishi Haranaka. It was

A peace concert was held on June 15 atrecorded in November, 1992.

There

the Central Park. Twenty-one groups

are two tapes and each tape costs 5000

attended it and gave a message foryen.

peace through music.
Mrs. Tomoko Taketomi: 415-13 Otoku,
It was decided that Self-Defense Forces

Kotake-cho,would be sent to Iraq and peace seems

820-1101

far

away.

However,

if

Kurate-gun,

Fukuokachildren’sNagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum

wishes for peace continue, the world
should be changed in the future.

Wewant to plant seeds of peace and raise

Materials on the atomic bombing kept

them for the peaceful future.

by the museum were exhibited fromFebruary 4 to March 27.

War Museum for Soldiers and People:
A photo exhibition of Shigeo Hayashi

Fukuoka

was held from May 9 to August 31.
Mr. Tomio Taketomi who opened Heishi

Hayashi went to Nagasaki in October,

Shominno Sensou Shiryoukan (War1945 and took photos of the atomic

Museumbomb victims.

forSoldiers

andPeople)passed away on November 24, 2002.
He was eighty-four.

(HeiwaI would like to

Peace

Newsletter

express my sincerest condolences.

No.

Wing
97

Nagasakipublishedon

January 20)
Mrs.

TomokoTaketomi,

his

Fax: 095-846-5170

wife,

became the director and reopened themuseum on January 22.

Nagasaki Peace Museum Opened

There was an exhibition on “GeneralA new peace museum was opened in

Saburo Endou and Pacifism”from May

Nagasaki City on April 19.

6 to June 3.

Sada, a singer-song writer, who is from

the

Endou

Japanese

tried to protect

Constitution

MasashiNagasaki, made efforts to create thethat

new peace museum.

renounces war and Mr. Taketomi wasgreatly influenced by Endo.

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The purpose of the museum is to show

said, “Citizens of Nanjing and Nagasaki

now only conflicts in the world but also

can deeply think of the importance ofthe preciousness of peace introducing

peace together.

smiling children of the world, beautiful

same mistake in the past.

nature and music.

lessons from the history.”

It cost forty million yen to build theAfter his lecture, a Japanese woman

museum and it was covered by people’s

who listened to the massacre from one

donation.

ofThe entrance fee is free.

her

Let’
s not repeat therelativesLet’s learn

duringWWII(Kochi Newspaper dated on April 20)

apologized to him for not thinking of

Address:the victims of the massacre.

7-15

Matsugaeda-machi,

Both of

Nagasaki City 850-0921

them shook hands firmly, which madeTel: +81-95-818-4247

us think of the importance of citizens’

Fax: +81-95-818-4208

exchanges.

museum@nagasakips.com(Nishisaka Dayori Newsletter No. 33
Oka

Masaharu

Memorial

dated March 1)

Peace

Museum: Nagasaki
Tomohiro Shinkai wrote an article on
The third meeting to listen to Chinese

Chinese people who were forced to work

victims of Japan’s aggression was heldin Nagasaki during World War II.

on December 14, 2002. Hsia Shuchin

Some of them visited Nagasaki in

was eight years old when Japanesesummer, 2002.

army occupied Nanjing.

Seven out of 9
Fax: +81-95-820-5600

members of her family were killed.

http://www.d3.dion.ne.jp/~okakinen
Her parents and grandparents were
killed in front of her and two elder

Nagasaki National Peace Memorial

sisters aged 15 and 13 were also killed.

Hall for Atomic Bomb Victims

She was severely injured because she
had her back stabbed by a bayonet andA new peace memorial was opened inshe still has the scar.

Nagasaki on July 5th.

About 120people including atomic bomb victims
Mr. Chao Wei who was in charge of theattended the opening ceremony.

exhibition on Nanjing Massacre talked

entrance fee of the museum is free.

about the reality of the massacre and

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The

Mr. Senji Yamaguchi, the atomic bomb

lives.

victim, said that it is important for theatomicbomb

victims

and

their

It will be constructed by the central

bereaved families not to let the same

government by the end of March, 2004,

tragedy happen again.

but will be run privately.

The museum

was built to convey the hardship of the

1-7-1

atomic bomb victims to the future

Prefecture 900-0033

generation and pray for peace. It cost

Tel: +81-98-941-3515

4.4 billion yen.

Fax:+81-98-863-3683(Kochi Newspaper dated on July 6)

http://www.tsushimamaru.or.jp/

Kume,

Naha

City,

Okinawa

info@tsushimamaru.or.jp
Address: 7-8 Hirano-machi, Nagasaki City

(The above information is based on the852-8117

brochure of the museum. With thanks

Tel: +81-95-814-0055

to Ms. Yuki Yoshikawa of the museum)Fax: +81-95-814-0056
info@peace-nagasaki.go.jp
Tsushima Maru Memorial Museum will
Open: Okinawa
Tsushima Maru, an evacuation ship,
was torpedoed and sank by the U.S.
submarine Bowfin off the coast of
AkusekiIsland,situated

Amami

Island,

while

north

of

This is a card in which you can see

transporting

peopleIraq

inschool children and teachers from

Bainbridge Island, Washington.

It

Okinawa to mainland Japan.

was taken Joel Sackett.

Of theagainstwaron

It would be

1661 passengers, 1,484 lives were lost

nice to make such a card and sell themincluding 767 children.

at a museum shop.
(With thanks to Mr. Gerald Elfendahl)

The purpose of the museum is not toforget the tragedy and create a base forNews in Asia and Australia

the education of peace where thechildren of the next generation can

Peace Museum Project in Korea

learn the preciousness of peace and life

Kim Yeong Hwan

and realize the importance of their own

There is War Memorial in Yongsan in17South Korea.

make a peace museum in the cease-fireShould we proud of this?

zone between North Korea and SouthA workshop for creatinga

Korea.

peace

museum was held by Center for Human
Rights and Peace of Sung Kong Hoe
University and Committee for Truth in
Viet

Nam

War

and

International

Democratic Solidarity on June 15.
The background of the peace museum
project is as follows.

Korean citizens

started to demand Korean official
apology to Vietnamese people for killing
during Viet Nam War in 1999.

They

Han-Viet

Peace

Park

in

Phuyenalso demanded the search for truth inProvince, Vietnam

Viet Nam war and have been looking

http://www.hani.co.kr/section-02102400

for reconciliation between Korea people

0/2003/01/021024000200301300445007.

and Vietnamese people.

html “THE HANKYOREH21”, No.445,
2003.1.30.

They started collecting donations from
Korean citizens to make a peace park

Efforts for Disarmament Education in

and a peace museum in Vietnam from

Cambodia: WGWR

October in 1999 to January, 2003.
This

was

done

(newspaper).

inHankyoreh

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The

Working

Group

for

Weapons

They held Peace Music

Reuction (WGWR) is the first NGO in

Festival, sold T-shirts and CDs andSouth East Asia, which is working onheld a symposium.

Small Arms Light Weapons (SALW)

Han-Viet Peace

Park was constructed on January 21,

reduction.

2003. Korean citizens started to thinkof creating a peace museum in Korea

1. Goal of the Public Education Project

also.

(PE)
WGWR works to address the culture of

Citizens’donation was requested byviolence that is a legacy of Cambodia's

Hankyoreh

decades of internal conflict. Public

NewspaperandPreparatory Committee for a peaceeducation and awareness raizing canmuseum project.

provide Cambodians with an

There is a plan to18

opportunity to deal with their own fears

commitment to nonviolent problem

and find common solutions tosolving and conflict resolution.

improving the security in their own
communities. There is a great need for

3 Project activities

on-going commitment, experience, and

The Public Education Project will

resources to identify, stop, and reverse

implement the Cambodian Peace andthe culture of violence commonly

Disarmament Education Project,witnessed in Cambodia.

achieving its objectives, by carrying out
the following major outputs andPE will develop public education

activities:

materials such as posters and leaflets,

Establish Peace Education Partners

using them to educate and train

A variety of educational materials on

persons from NGOs and institutions

small arms reduction and peace

working in both rural and urban areas.

building for children and youth will be

Trained participants will then be able

created.

to incorporate weapons issues into their

Small Arms & Peace Education

on-going programming. Efforts willSeminars and Training-of-Trainers

focus on the general public, youth and(ToT) for Teachers andstudents, the armed forces, and NGOs.

Teachers-in-Training will be

The Public Education team will also

implemented.

produce and broadcast a media

Community small arms and peace

campaign through television and radiobuilding awareness events will bespots. WGWR will provide follow-up

organized

support for NGOs and institutions

Non-formal peace education program

participating in public education

will be provided for youth and students.

activities.

Peace and small arms media
Campaign developed.

In 2003 and 2004 the Public Education
Project will implement the Cambodian

There is a plan to make a peace

Peace and Disarmament Education

corner/room at school and also a peace

Project.

museum in the future in Cambodia.

2 Project Purpose

Address: Sothearos Blvd House No.55

The project purpose is to enable target

PO BOX 116 Phnom Penh, Cambodia

groups to consider the negative effects

E-mail(1): wgwr@bigpond.com.kh

of small arms-light weapons (SALW)

Website: http://www.wgwr.org

possession and use and indicate a

Telephone: +855-23-222462
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Fax: +855-23-213447

displayed to give you an understanding

Founding Date: August, 1998of the struggle for freedom.

Representative: Neb Sinthay
The museum’s six galleries are well lit(Executive Director)
Conflictwith friendly guides to answer yourPrevention: Neb Sinthay, Executive

queries. As you end your tour of the

Director/ Hout Thavory, Project Officer

Museum, you may relax in our outdoor

Public Education

Café and reflect upon your thoughts.

Number of Regular Staff: 13

Our kiosk stocks books, photo-albums(Information is from the website)and souvenirs. The Library is filled

A New Museum for Peace in Thailand

with books and documents on the

Officer

Responsiblefor

Liberation War. Last but not least, is“Freedom for Thailand”Museum will

our video room, where one can see a 20

open in fall.

minute video documentary from the

There was an anti-Japan

group called “Freedom for Thailand”inevents of 1971, collected from authentic

World War II.

media clippings.
The Liberation War Museum wants theThai government allowed Japanese

future generation to know our richarmy to use Thailand and invade Malay
and Burma during the war.
students

andintellectuals

heritage and draw from the spirit of the

But

Liberation War the inspiration andsecretly

pride to build a better future and makemade “Freedom for Thailand” with
British and US cooperation.

the dream of Golden Bengal become aTherereality.

were about 3000 members who resisted
war.
Exhibited(This is from the following website.
arephotos,anti-Japan

http://www.liberationmuseum.org/

handouts, radio and so forth.
With thanks to Emma Leslie and Soth

(Asahi Newspaper dated September 18)

Plai Ngarm)
The Liberation Museum in Dhaka,Bangladesh

The Sydney Jewish Museum

On display are many rare documents

The Sydney Jewish Museum provides

and objects, carefully preserved andvisitorswithexperiences

andunderstanding of the events of the20

Holocaust by allowing them to meet, in

Studiesa dignified and moving environment,

published by Nagasaki Institute forthose who were involved. The Museum

Peace

combines the voices of those who have

Institute of Applied Science on March

lived through the Shoah with concise

31: One Year After Sadao Kamada’
s

text,

Death – Tasks Left - by Yoshikazu

audiovisualdisplays,

primarysource materials, and authentic images,of Peace
Culturein

Culture
the

No.

25

Nagasaki

Shibano etc.

offering a unique educational excursion.
＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊The museum also deals with Jewish life
from

the

first

days

of

Muse 10 in Japanese was published inEuropeansettlement in Australia.

July.

(This is from the following website.

International

http://www.sydneyjewishmuseum.com.

Museums in May and also information

au/

on

With thanks to Emma Leslie and Sothmuseums.

It has information on the 4th

activities

ConferenceofofJapanese

Peace
peace

Plai Ngarm)
Editor’s NotesPublications
News on big peace museums was“Traces of the wartime past mostly

originally written in Japanese by Mr.

overlooked but not forgotten”in The

Masahiko Yamabe, the curator of Kyoto

Asahi

Museum

ShimbunandInternational

Herald Tribune dated August 2-3.

for

World

Ritsumeikan University.

For

Peace

of

Other news

some, war sites are important historical

was written and edited by Kazuyo

records to be restored and preserved,

Yamane.

while for others, they are nuisances andpainful reminders.

I hope the list of museums for peace in(With thanks to Prof. Shumbu Jubishi)

Japan will be useful.

Journal of Kyoto Museum for WorldWE WELCOME YOUR COMMENTS

Peace, Ritsumeikan University No. 4

ON THIS NEWSLETTER.

published on March 31:

With best wishes,

2nd

Report of the

Kazuyo Yamane：kyamane@sings.jp

conference of Japanese Network ofMuseum for Peace and so forth.

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Museums for Peace in JapanThe following are the names and addresses of museums for peace in Japan.
Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum614-1mabuni, Itoman City, Okinawa, Japan 901-0333

Tsushima Maru Memorial Museum

1-7-1 Kume, Naha City, Okinawa 900-0033

Himeyuri Peace Museum

671-1 Ihara, Itoman City, Okinawa, Japan 901-0344

Peace Museum(Nuchidou Takarano Ie)

2304 Higashi Emae, Iemura, Kokutou-gun, Okinawa, Japan 905-0502

Sakima Art Museum

358 Uehara, Ginowan City, Okinawa, Japan 901-2204

Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum

7-8 Hirano-machi, Nagasaki City 852-8117

Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb
Victims

7-8 Hirano-cho, Nagasaki City 852-8117

Nagasaki Peace Museum

7-15 Matsugaeda-machi, Nagasaki City 850-0921

Oka Masaharu Memorial Nagasaki Peace Museum

9-4 Nishisaka-cho, Nagasaki City, Japan 850-0051

Shoukokumin Museum

3-17-47 Tagami, Nagasaki City, Japan 851-0251

Heishi Shomin no Sensou Shiryoukan

415-13 Otoku, Kotake-cho, Kurate-gun, Japan 820-1101

Grassroots House

9-11 Masugata, Kochi City, Japan 780-0861

Kochi Liberty and People's Rights Museum

4-14-3 Sanbashi, Kochi City, Japan 780-8010

German Museum

55-2 Higashi Yamada, Hinokiaza, Oasa-cho, Naruto City, Japan 779-0225

Takamatsu Civic Culture Center: Peace Museum

1-15-1, Matsushima-cho, Takamatsu City, Japan 760-0068

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

1-2 Nakajima-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, Japan 730-0811

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Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb

1-6 Nakajima-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City 730-0811

Victims
Okunoshima Poison Gas Museum

Okuno-jima, Tadanoumi-cho, Takehara City, Japan 729-2311

Fukuyama City Human Rights & Peace Museum

1-1-1 Marunouchi, Fukuyama City, Japan 720-0061

Holocaust Education Center

866 Nakatsuhara, Miyuki-cho, Fukuyama City, Japan 720-0004

Historical Himeji Peace Center

475 Nishi Nobesue, Himeji City, Japan 670-0971

Osaka International Peace Center

2-1 Osaka-jo, Chuou-ku, Osaka City, Japan 540-0002

Liberty Osaka

3-6-36 Naniwa Nishi, Naniwa-ku, Osaka City, Japan 556-0026

Sakai City Peace and Human Rights Museum

Kyouiku Bunka Center 426 Fukai Shimizu-cho, Sakai-City, Japan
599-8273

Suita Peace Center

6F Suita Shimin Kaikan 4-1 Deguchi-cho, Suita City, Japan 564-0072

The Peace, Human Rights and Children Center

1-9-3 Kouryou Nishi-machi, Sakai City, Japan 590-0026

Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan Univ.

56-1 Kita-machi, Toujiin, Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan 603-8346

Ishigaki Memorial

2902-79 Taiji,Joudo, Tiaji-cho, Higasi muro-gun, Japan 649-5171

Teranaka Art Museum

4-2-54 Fukiage, Wakayama, Japan 640-8137

Yukinoshita Peace Culture Museum

1-23 Sato Maruoka, Maruoka-cho, Sakai-gun, Japan 910-0302

Shizuoka Peace Center

2F Chuou Bill 6-20 Aioi-cho, Shizuoka City, Japan 420-0838

Kawasaki Peace Museum

1957-1 Kizuki Sumiyoshi-cho, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki City, Japan
211-0021

Kanagawa Plaza for Global Citizenship

1-8-10 Okubo, Kounan-ku, Yokohama City Japan 233-0007

Peace Museum

1-4-9 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo Japan 105-0014

Soka Gakkai Toda Peace Memorial Hall

7-1 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama City Japan 231-0023

Display House of the Fifth Lucky Dragon

Yumenoshima-Park 3-2 Yumenoshima, Koutou-ku, Tokyo, Japan
136-0081

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Tokyo Holocaust Education Resource Center

28-105 Daikyo-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan 160-0015

Peace Museum of Saitama

241-113 Iwadono, Higashi Matsuyama City, Japan 355-0065

Maruki Gallery

1401 Shimokarako, Higashi Matsuyama City, Japan 355-0076

Pacific War History Museum

Office Hanaoka 141 Koromogawamura Junbashita, Isawa-gun Japan029-4427

Ou Kounichi Anti-War Art Museum

1272 Shimo Kawasaki, Hanyu City, Japan 348-0034

No More Hibakusha Hall

17-6-7 Heiwa-dori, Shiraishi-ku, Sapporo City, Japan 003-0029

Tokyo Document Center on Air Raids and War Damages

1-5-4 kitasuna, Koutou-ku, Tokyo Japan 136-0073

Kourai Museum

9F of dai 2 Kankoku Hiroba, 1-12-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku Japan 169-0072

Gifu Peace Museum

Gofu JR Station, 1-10 Hashimoto-cho, Gifu City 500-8856 Japan

Chiune Sugihara Memorial: Gifu

1071 Yaozu, Yaozu-cho, Kamo-gun, Gifu 505-0301 Japan

Museum for Sunken Ship and Seamen: Hyogo

3-1-6 Kaigan-dori, Chuou-ku, Kobe City Japan 650-0024

Asakawa Association of Preserving the Underground Shelter

4-16-25 Shiroyama-machi, Shiroyama, Tsukui-gun, Kanagawa, Japan
220-0116

Matsushiro Association of Preserving the Imperial Headquarters

Kihouno-ie 569-4 Wakasato, Nagano Japan 380-0923

Association of Recording Air-raids on Yokohama

25 Miyazaki-cho, Nishi-ku, Yokohama City Japan 220-0063

Harima Peace Center, Hyogo

Shiei-jutaku 24-2, 107 Yuuhigaoka, Shikitou-cho, Himeji, Japan 671-0215

Art Museum of Picture Books

2-10 Minamiyamate-cho, Nagasaki City Japan 850-0931

Mugonkan Art Museum for Peace3462 Koaso Sannouyama, Ueda City Japan 389-1213

Yawaragi: Peace Memorial in Saeki

3-3-12 Tsuruya-cho, Saeki City, Oita 876 Japan

Okinawa Peace Network

Kyouiku Fukushi Kaikan 119-1 Furushima, Naha, Japan 901-0061

Sendai Hukkou Memorial

2-12-1 Oumachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai City 980-0804 Japan

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