HH015 - Peace Crane, made from beautifully patterned paper with clear bead and on a golden cord.

Size: 85mm
r.r.p: $4.00

Peace Crane

“Let no more children fall victim to an atomic bombing."
This is our cry. This is our prayer.
For building peace in the world.
(Children's Peace Monument )

A little girl named Sadako Sasaki was two years old when a bomb was dropped in her town of Hiroshima, on 6th August 1945. She developed leukaemia 10 years later. Her friend Chizuko Hamamoto, told of the legend that when one folds 1000 cranes their wish will come true. Sadako then started folding cranes and wishing with each paper crane “Let me get well”. Only 644 cranes were made before little Sadako died at age twelve. Her school friends made the remaining 356 for her funeral. From then on, children around Japan wanted to make sure that no more children died from the result of war. Three thousand schools in Japan raised funds and built the Children's Peace Monument in Peace Memorial Park in 1958.

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