1. Akamatsu Atsuko 資料７
Iwakuni Sogo High School
4-41-1 Fuju-machi, Iwakuni-shi,Yamaguchi-ken,
Japan 740-0036
TEL: 81827316155, FAX: 081827316159
Email: peacemessagestakamori@yahoo.co.jp
Iwakuni Sogo High School website:
http://www.iwakunisogo-h.ysn21.jp/
January 3rd, 2013,
A Project of Exchanging Students’ Works for Peace
Dear Mr. ,
My name is Akamatsu Atsuko. I am a teacher of English in Japan . I live in Yamaguchi Prefecture, which is
located in the western end of the main island of Japan. Yamaguchi Prefecture is next to Hiroshima Prefecture
and I live in Iwakuni City, which is close to Hiroshima Prefecture, so I have had many chances to visit Peace
Memorial Park in Hiroshima City since I was a very young girl. I have been thinking about how we can make
peace without terrible weapons like the atomic bombs used in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
I learned not only about how terrible atomic bombs were but also about how cruel people from any country
can be in wars. After learning from books, lectures, documentary movies, museums, and directly from the people
who have been suffering from wars, I realized the importance that we should communicate more with people
who have different ideas to share compassion and make a peaceful world on this precious planet in this vast
universe.
I found your name and email address on IEARN Machinto page. I am now writing to you to request that we
be allowed to share these messages with your school at levels you believe to be appropriate. My students read a
book called “Machinto,” a story about a girl in Hiroshima. Some students heard about their relatives’ experiences
during World War II. Then they created their stories, poems or messages for peace. I attached the stories to this
mail.
Would you please introduce these messages to your students? If they send their own stories or messages for
peace to us, I will introduce them to my students and other teachers in teachers’ meetings. If it is difficult for
your students to write long stories or messages, it will be also nice for us to receive short comments about my
students' works. My last classes with the students who wrote these works will be at the end of February 2013.
If I receive replies to these messages by then, I can introduce them in my classes.
I am looking forward to sharing good ideas to encourage everyone to be optimistic about the future of the
Earth. I hope exchanging peace message with many people around the world can be of some help to realize the
peace of the world, though each step is very small. Thank you very much for your time and consideration. I wish
you all the best.
Sincerely,
Akamatsu Atsuko