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An article from Newsdig (Translated from Japanese by Google translator)
Today, September 21st, is the United Nations’ International Day of Peace. At a shrine in Kagoshima City, calligraphers from the prefecture and high school students took up their brushes to write messages of hope for peace.
This event is held annually by the Wa Project TAISHI at shrines across the country to coincide with International Peace Day on September 21st.
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What is happening for the International Day of Peace?
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On the 21st, at Gokoku Shrine in Kagoshima City, calligraphers Matsuda Yoshinobu and Ueno Hiroko, both natives of the prefecture, and students from the calligraphy club at Shonan High School wrote messages of peace.
(Wada Haruka, Calligraphy Club Leader, Shonan High School) “This year marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the war, and I’m glad that I was able to write at this event while praying for world peace.”
(Calligrapher Matsuda Yoshinobu) “I hope that young people today will have even just a few opportunities to think about peace.”
The message written on the 21st will be displayed at Gokoku Shrine until the 1st of next month.
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