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FROM HIROSHIMA TO HOPE: PROGRAM & LANTERN FLOATING CEREMONY, Seattle
August 6, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Tues Aug 6, 6 pm to dark, at Green Lake’s Northwest Shore, just south of the Bathhouse, near West Green Lake Drive North and Stone Ave North, Seattle
The event includes music, poetry, speakers and candle-lit lanterns floating on the lake. Marking the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, From Hiroshima to Hope honors the bombings’ victims and all victims of war and violence.
The event begins at 6 pm with lantern preparation. The family program gets underway at 7. The c Toro Nagashi Ceremony begins at 8 p.m., with lanterns floating on the lake at dusk.
This year’s speakers and performers include:
- Emcee: Sharon Maeda, noted Seattle activist and journalist
- Keynote Speaker: Stan Shikuma, Tsuru for Solidarity
- Heron Dancers
- Seattle Kokon Taiko
- Janae Lu, Seattle Youth Poet Laureate
- The Rhapsody Project Songsters
- Cello, Seattle-Japan Suzuki Institute
- Patrick Johnson, Shakuhachi
- Hatsune Matsudaira and Laryn Young, Koto no WA
- Brothers Senji Kanaeda and Gilberto Perez
From Hiroshima to Hope is one of the largest commemorations of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and Nagasaki on August 9. 1945, held outside of Japan.
Free. Donations welcome.
Seattle Fellowship of Reconciliation is a sponsor of this event
More info at http://fromhiroshimatohope.org/ and https://www.facebook.com/FromHiroshimaToHope