Thanks to Ray Tsuchiyama for this visual report of a true multifaith ceremony at the Izumi Taishakyo shrine in Hawaii to commemorate the dropping of the Hiroshima bomb 77 years ago. Ray writes: ‘Rarely do you see a Buddhist (Nichiren) priest singing “Ave Maria” and a Hawaiian song (to a Hula accompaniment). We had a Jewish speaker, Native Hawaiian, and a young people’s group (we all sang John Lennon’s “Imagine” — including the Shinto priest).’
Further details on this poster below… 
The Jewish representative giving an address, with Hiroshima bell replica behind
Ray Tsuchiyama giving the closing address
Very interesting, and inspirational event! Any video recordings of this event?
Thank you for the input. I’ll pass your query on to Ray Tsuchiyama…
Ray has responded that,”Unfortunately, we have no video of this year’s Ceremony — but we have one (with me as a roving Emcee) of last year —
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV4rt_Vorko
i can see many flags of countries, it is an international ceremony?
I think the intention was to be interfaith rather than international. I believe all the organisations were from Hawaii.
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