From August 5 to 6, four members of the Junior High School Student Council visited Hiroshima as school representatives and participated in activities to share hopes for peace. The year 2025 marks 80 years since the end of World War II. In 2024, the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo), which represents atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its advocacy of nuclear abolition and powerful testimonies of the atomic bomb experience. This year’s Peace Memorial Ceremony, held amid ongoing wars and nuclear threats around the world, carried deep meaning and gravity.

On the first day, students visited the Atomic Bomb Dome and the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, where they learned about the history of the bombing and the heartfelt wishes for peace. Together with students from Hiroshima Jogakuin Junior and Senior High School, they participated in a monument tour. During this experience, they reflected deeply on the presence of "unspoken voices" and "unrecorded lives" conveyed through various memorials. A particular phrase—“Monuments convey the voices that cannot be spoken”—resonated with them, and they listened with solemn expressions.

On the second day, August 6, they attended the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony, where dignitaries and citizens from around the world gathered. Amid a solemn atmosphere, the words pledging peace echoed through the venue, and the students strongly felt the significance of being part of this historic event. They also joined a peace-themed event featuring HIPPY, a Hiroshima-born artist and third-generation atomic bomb survivor, who had previously given a concert and lecture at our school on July 2. In both settings, HIPPY spoke and sang about his desire for peace, emphasizing the importance of passing the "baton of peace" to the next generation. Meeting him again in Hiroshima reinforced the significance of their participation.

This visit to Hiroshima gave students an opportunity to reaffirm the value of peace while taking on the responsibility of being school representatives and facing global realities. They will continue to share their experiences both within and outside the school, helping to expand the circle of peace.