Maki Saji performs Kamishibai about Sadako

Thanks to Michiko, who found this wonderful YouTube video of Maki Saji, a Buddhist nun, performing her Kamishibai about Sadako. The little girl who was in Hiroshima when the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb. She lived but was diagnosed with leukemia when she was 10 and died when she was 12. She is famous for her 1,000 paper cranes. Maki Saji is incredible -- her life's pursuit is to share stories of peace -- like Sadako's -- to the world. You can see the tabletop stage in this video.

Here is her webpage: http://www.sajimaki.com/Introduction.html

Nagasaki's web page: http://www1.city.nagasaki.nagasaki.jp/peace/index_e.html

Hiroshima's web page: http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/index_e2.html

So, my hope is to team with Mary Ann and the A World of Difference students to create Kamishibai stories on peace -- just as Maki Saji has above. Then we would share these stories with the younger students and the preschoolers at the Parent-Child Center.


7/8 Team: Here is where I need to hear from you. What questions do you have about Hiroshima? Japan and World War II? What items are you looking for me to bring back from Japan? Please leave your comments on this post.
Thank you! Arigato!