Screening report 20.07.2009

I had the screenings in Hiroshima for the first time! I prepared that since I came back to Japan!!

I arrived in Hiroshima on 18th July. I had an English screening at the World Friendship Centre. Japanese and American people watched the film and had the discussion after the screening.


With the World Friendship Centre people.


After the screening, I went to have Okonomiyaki food with Keiko-san and other people. Okonomiyaki is a popular Hiroshima food.

I went back to the Friendship Centre, because it was also the hostel I stayed at.

Paper crane for peace on the pillow.


My room.

Next day I went to the Hiroshima peace memorial park.

I had an appointment with Shimonaka-san to have a lunch. She is a lawyer and a peace campainger in Hiroshima.

She introduced me to Watanabe-san who is a representative of Ant-Hiroshima, peace NGO. We visited her new project.

She rents out the big space in the old building for making a community room.

The space used to be a Karaoke rooms.

After that, I went to the Hiroshima Modern Art Museum. It locates on top of the hill!

Skywalk to the museum.


This very long escalator reminded me of the london underground!


The museum.


When I visited the museum, the exhibition was Martin Creed, a British modern artist who won the Turner prize.

Today's dinner was Sushi and Udon noodle.

Street car. This is popular transport in Hiroshima.


Next day, 20th July was the main screening day in Hiroshima. But unfortunately, it was unbelievably heavy rain all day :-(

I appreciated people still came to the screening!

With the A-bomb survivor, Okada-san

Screening venue, Hiroshima peace museum.

Post screening talk with Higashi-san, the member of Hiroshima Peace Film Festival.

After the screening, I went to the women's centre with Hiroshima Peace Film Festival staffs.

Watanabe-san made delicious food for us!

Next day was the last day in Hiroshima. It was still heavy rain outside, but I went to Miyajima. Miyajima is famous for Torii on the sea. (Torii = gateway at the entrance to a Shinto shrine).

You can walk to the Torii when the low tide.





On the way back to the hostel, I saw the Belgian backpackers who stayed in the same place with me. They went to Miyajima, too. In Miyajima, everything was expensive, so we didn't have lunch. So we went to have Okonomiyaki together.



At night, I got on a highway bus and went back to Tokyo.