Children's Peace Monument

Date of construction: May 5, 1958 (Children's Day) Teiko Sasaki was exposed to the atomic bomb when she was 2 years old, and 10 years later developed leukemia and passed away. Shocked by his death, his classmates called on the nation to ``build a memorial monument for all the children who died in the atomic bomb,'' and received support from students from over 3,100 schools nationwide and from nine countries around the world, including the United Kingdom. The result was this 9 meter tall bronze statue. (Bronze statue 3 meters long, pedestal 6 meters long) A bronze statue of a girl holding a golden origami crane stands atop a dome-shaped pedestal on a tripod, and on the left and right are statues of boys and girls symbolizing a bright future and hope. A stone monument placed under the statue says, ``This is us.''