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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum adds paper crane folding space
En breve
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum opened a space where visitors can fold paper cranes on October 6, on the first floor of its East Building inside the “Hiroshima Appeals” exhibit area. Cranes can be taken home or placed in a drop box to be dedicated at the Children’s Peace Monument in Peace Memorial Park, with staff stationed to teach folding to visitors including foreign tourists. The museum said it wants visitors to turn feelings from the exhibits into action for peace and the abolition of nuclear weapons.
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The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Naka Ward, Hiroshima, set up a space where visitors can fold paper cranes, opening on October 6. The space is inside the permanent “Hiroshima Appeals” exhibit area on the first floor of the museum’s East Building, which TBS NEWS DIG reported opened in March this year. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
The museum said the purpose is to turn the feelings visitors have after viewing the exhibits into action toward peace and the abolition of nuclear weapons, according to all three documents. Museum deputy director Toshihiro Mameya said he hopes people around the world will use it as an opportunity to think about peace, Nippon TV News reported. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
Visitors can write messages on the cranes, take them home as a memento, or place them in a drop box, from which they are dedicated at the Children’s Peace Monument in Peace Memorial Park, according to Mainichi Shimbun and Nippon TV News. Support staff are stationed at the space and teach visitors, including tourists from overseas, how to fold the cranes. [ 2 , 3 ]
Among visitors on the day was Matsuno Yamato, a third-year junior high school student on a school trip from Mie Prefecture, Mainichi Shimbun reported. He wrote “may peace continue” on his crane and said he put into it his wish that war and nuclear weapons disappear from the world. A visitor from Australia told Nippon TV News it is good that there is a way to keep the memory and pay respect to the victims. [ 2 , 3 ]
Por qué importa
The addition gives visitors a hands-on step after viewing the museum’s exhibits, with the cranes routed to the Children’s Peace Monument in the adjacent park. Museum officials frame it as a way to keep peace and nuclear abolition in visitors’ minds after they leave, and staff are assigned to explain folding to foreign tourists, a large share of the museum’s visitors. The documents give no targets or visitor figures, so the practical scale of the change is not yet clear.
Datos clave
- The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum set up a paper crane folding experience space on October 6, 2026. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- The space is on the first floor of the museum’s East Building, in the permanent “Hiroshima Appeals” exhibit area. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- Visitors can take the cranes home or put them in a drop box so they are dedicated at the Children’s Peace Monument in Peace Memorial Park. [ 2 , 3 ]
- Support staff are stationed at the space and teach visitors, including tourists from overseas, how to fold cranes. [ 2 , 3 ]
- Visitors can write messages on the cranes. [ 3 ]
- The museum is in Naka Ward, Hiroshima. [ 2 ]
- The “Hiroshima Appeals” corner where the space sits opened in March this year. [ 1 ]
Confirmado por varias fuentes
- The museum added a space where visitors can fold paper cranes, starting October 6. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- The space is on the first floor of the East Building, in the “Hiroshima Appeals” exhibit area. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- Folded cranes can be taken home or donated for dedication at the Children’s Peace Monument. [ 2 , 3 ]
- Staff are present to teach visitors how to fold cranes. [ 2 , 3 ]
- The museum said the aim is to turn visitors’ feelings after seeing the exhibits into action for peace and the abolition of nuclear weapons. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
Aún sin aclarar
- No figures were given for how many visitors used the space or how many cranes were collected on the first day. All three documents describe the opening only; none reports visitor or crane counts.
- It is not stated whether the folding space is permanent or runs for a limited period. The documents say it began October 6 but give no end date.
- The comment from museum deputy director Toshihiro Mameya appears in only one document, as does the comment from an Australian visitor. Single-source quotes, reported by Nippon TV News.
- The account of a school-trip visitor from Mie Prefecture writing “may peace continue” on a crane appears in only one document. Single-source detail, reported by Mainichi Shimbun.
- The statement that the “Hiroshima Appeals” corner opened in March this year appears in only one document. Single-source detail, reported by TBS NEWS DIG.
Qué dicen los medios locales
Cronología, hora local
- TBS NEWS DIG reports that a paper crane folding space was set up at the museum on October 6, in the “Hiroshima Appeals” corner on the first floor of the East Building. [ 1 ]
- Mainichi Shimbun reports the space and details that cranes can be taken home or dropped in a box for dedication at the Children’s Peace Monument, with support staff stationed there. [ 2 ]
- Nippon TV News broadcasts a report including comments from an Australian visitor and museum deputy director Toshihiro Mameya. [ 3 ]