More than 10 students from Tohoku Gakuin High School participated in the installation of the streamers, which began at 6am this morning. This year, the number of high schools involved in the Heiwa Tanabata festival has increased to 20. The circle of sympathy with the younger generation is certainly expanding.
Shigeo Yuya (80), representative of the Tanabata Citizens' Gathering to Pray for Peace, said the following:
"One of the main pillars of our movement is to pass on the desire for nuclear abolition to the next generation, and we have made progress in this wish. I hope that this will grow into a force that will influence politics in the future."
The display of Peace Tanabata streamers and distribution of leis will continue on the 7th and 8th.
Blog writer: A journal of the disaster area coverage by Sendai-based journalist Tadaki Matsudate (former NHK social affairs reporter). The journal, covering the six months from March 11, 2011 to the end of September, was published as a book by Sasaki Publishing in Sendai.
The blog contains interviews and personal notes from October 2011 onwards.
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