February 10, 2011
Book
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on February 2011 Out of all the stories about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Sadako Sasaki’s is perhaps the best known. Just 2 years old when the city was attacked in August 1945, Sasaki survived the blast but was later diagnosed with leukemia, which was thought to have been caused by […]
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Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on February 2011
Out of all the stories about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Sadako Sasaki’s is perhaps the best known. Just 2 years old when the city was attacked in August 1945, Sasaki survived the blast but was later diagnosed with leukemia, which was thought to have been caused by the radioactive fallout. Before succumbing to the illness at age 12, she set herself the goal of folding 1,000 paper cranes from her hospital bed, and her efforts attracted such widespread notice that she served as the model of the Children’s Memorial statue in Hiroshima Peace Park. Now, English speakers can read Sasaki’s tale in a new illustrated book, Memories of Sadako, from Yomo Publishing. The 64-page work was inspired by a Japanese book by Sasaki’s hospital roommate.
¥840 at bookstores throughout the city
