Stories from Nagasaki Prefecture 🇯🇵🔥
✅ A Nagasaki survivor 🙏
MIYATA Hasahi was just five-years-old when that fateful day happened in Nagasaki. After embarking on a career in electronics manufacturing in Los Angeles, California, he return to his parents’ hometown in Nagasaki Prefecture to honour the survivors of the A-bomb and to promote a ‘world without nuclear weapons’.
✅ Olympic Stadium designer at home in Nagasaki 🏟️
Architect KUMA Kengo, who designed the Olympic Stadium, has a special connection to Nagasaki City, having designed the Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum and Garden Terrace Nagasaki (a hotel). It is also the birthplace of his family – Kuma.
🗣️ “What I have put into the Olympic Stadium is the realisation of peace, and the belief that without the environment and peace, Japan’s future will not exist.”
✅ Satomi carries Olympic flame to bring peace 🕊️
Japanese actress ISHIHARA Satomi, one of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay ambassadors, begun the Olympic flame’s journey through the historical Nagasaki City from Peace Park.
✅ Japanese mission to Tang 🌊
Torchbearer KOYABASHI Mitsuyoshi boarded the Japanese mission to Tang China – known as kentoshi in Japanese – which was used by Japan to learn about the Chinese culture between the 7th and 9th century – one of the most brilliant epochs in Chinese history.
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AloJapan.com