Domo arigato gozaimasu!
Thank you very much!
to everyone who participated in the
Ninth Annual San Francisco Bay Area

Saturday, August 7, 2010, 6:30-9:00 p.m.
65th Anniversary of Hiroshima (Aug. 6) & Nagasaki (Aug. 9) Atomic Bombings
North end of Aquatic Park, Berkeley *

Images from the event:
  Video 1  |  Video 2  |  Videos, including messages from mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Slide Show  |  More Photos  |  Organizer's photos
NEWS: Berkeley Daily Planet  |  Hokubei.com  |  Berkeleyside.com

If you took photos, please share them with us (e-mail or mailing address at the bottom of this page).
Let us know if we may reproduce them, and if so, how you'd like to be credited.

Photo by Steve Freedkin

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Printable 2010 Flyer [PDF, 443K, updated 7/27/10]	|	E-mailable Flyer (smaller file size) [PDF, 228K, updated 7/21/10]
Peace Lantern Tee-Shirt

Volunteers needed for the 2011 ceremony. Fill out the online form or leave a message at (510) 595-4626.

Map  |  Transit Information  |  Bicycle Routes

2010 PROGRAM 6:30 p.m.: Decorating shades for floating peace lanterns — great for all ages! Music and Brief Remarks — Including messages from the mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and a Japanese shakuhachi (bamboo flute) performance NEW: Read messages from mayors of Hiroshima [PDF, 141K] and Nagasaki [PDF, 49K] Information display about nuclear arms View the Panels (Adobe PDF format):      1. Peace Lanterns (929K)  |  2. Nuclear Weapons (632K)      3. Proliferation (122K)  |  4. U.S. Nuclear Sites (112K)      5. "Peaceful" Atom? (498K)  |  6. California Sites (366K)      7. Hiroshima & Nagasaki (155K)  |  8. World Peace Movement (1.2M) 8-9 p.m.: Floating of the Lanterns

Sponsors and Endorsers include:
Berkeley City Council  |  Berkeley Peace & Justice Commission
United Nations Association, East Bay  |  ProgressivePortal.org  |  Friends of Hibakusha
Bay Area Outreach & Recreation Program (BORP)  |  Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Social Justice Committee

Grandmothers Against the War  |  Green Music Network  |  John Muir Greens  |  Waterside Workshops
Diane Tokugawa  |  Carol David & Art Leon  |  and other individuals and organizations

Use the above button to donate online.
Checks payable to Progressive Portal may be
sent to the address at the bottom of this page.

Make Lantern Shades  |  How We Make Lantern Bases
  History of Peace Lantern Ceremonies in Japan

Find One in Your Community  |  In Hiroshima  |  In Nagasaki

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Domo arigatou gozaimasu! Thank you so much!
to all who participated in the
Eighth Annual San Francisco Bay Area

Saturday, August 8, 2009, 6:30-9:00 p.m.
64th Anniversary of Hiroshima (Aug. 6) & Nagasaki (Aug. 9) Atomic Bombings
North end of Aquatic Park, Berkeley 

Photos of the 2009 Ceremony | Video
If you took photos, please share them with us (e-mail or mailing address at the bottom of this page).
Let us know if we may reproduce them, and if so, how you'd like to be credited.

Photo by Steve Freedkin

Peace Lantern Tee-Shirt

2009 PROGRAM 6:30 p.m.: Information display about nuclear arms View the Panels (Adobe PDF format):      1. Peace Lanterns (929K)  |  2. Nuclear Weapons (632K)      3. Proliferation (122K)  |  4. U.S. Nuclear Sites (112K)      5. "Peaceful" Atom? (498K)  |  6. California Sites (366K)      7. Hiroshima & Nagasaki (155K)  |  8. World Peace Movement (1.2M) Decorating shades for floating peace lanterns — great for all ages! Music and Brief Remarks – Stephen Ross of EarthTone Music, Shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) – Mariah Parker and Matthew Montfort of Ancient Future, santur and guitar – Jack Dairiki, Hiroshima (Hibakusha — Atomic Bombing Survivor) – Linda Maio, Berkeley Vice Mayor and City Council Member – Peace Message [PDF, 82K] to Bay Area from Tomihisa Taue, Mayor of Nagasaki (read by Isao Takino) – Peace Message from Tadatoshi Akiba, Mayor of Hiroshima (read by Aya Kasai) – Rita Maran of United Nations Association, emcee – Steve Freedkin, founder of the Bay Area Peace Lantern Ceremony 8-9 p.m.: Floating of the Lanterns

Sponsors and Endorsers include:
Berkeley City Council  |  United Nations Association, East Bay
ProgressivePortal.org  |  Friends of Hibakusha  |  Berkeley-East Bay Gray Panthers
Homestead High School Japanese National Honors Society, Cupertino
Green Music Network  |  Diane Tokugawa  |  Sarah Neider  |  Art Leon
and other individuals and organizations

Special Thanks for Logistical Support:
Waterside Workshops  |  Bay Area Outreach & Recreation Program (BORP)
33 Revolutions Record Shop & Café
Raines Cohen  |  John Coveney  |  Jack Dairiki  |  Andy David  |  Sarah Neider  |  Richard Seals  |  Céline Wallace

Thank you! to everyone who participated in the Seventh Annual San Francisco Bay Area

Photo by Steve Freedkin

Peace Lantern Tee-Shirt

2007 Ceremony Articles and Photos:
KCBS-AM  |  Berkeley Daily Planet  |  Oakland Tribune (advance story)
Photos 1  |  Photos 2  |  Photo 3

Volunteers needed for the 2009 ceremony. Fill out the online form or leave a message at (510) 595-4626.

Map  |  Transit Information  |  Bicycle Routes

2008 PROGRAM (noon-6 p.m.: volunteers needed to set up event) 6:30 p.m.: Information display about nuclear arms View Panels (Adobe PDF format):      1. Peace Lanterns (929K)  |  2. Nuclear Weapons (632K)      3. Proliferation (122K)  |  4. U.S. Nuclear Sites (112K)      5. "Peaceful" Atom? (498K)  |  6. California Sites (366K)      7. Hiroshima & Nagasaki (155K)  |  8. World Peace Movement (1.2M) Decorating shades for floating peace lanterns — great for all ages! Folding origami peace cranes Music 8-9 p.m.: Floating of the Lanterns (9-11-30 p.m.: volunteers needed to dismantle event)

Sponsors and Endorsers include:
Berkeley City Council  |  Berkeley Peace & Justice Commission  |  ProgressivePortal.org
Friends of Hibakusha  |  United Nations Association, East Bay
Grandmothers Against the War  |  Waterside Workshops
Diane Tokugawa  |  and other individuals and organizations

Make Lantern Shades  |  How We Make Lantern Bases
  History of Peace Lantern Ceremonies in Japan

Find One in Your Community  |  In Hiroshima  |  In Nagasaki

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Thanks! to all who participated in the

Sixth Annual

Sunday, August 5, 2007, 6:30-9:00 p.m.
62nd Anniversary of Hiroshima (Aug. 6) and Nagasaki (Aug. 9) Atomic Bombings
Aquatic Park, Berkeley

The 2007 ceremony was dedicated to the memory of Mayor Iccho Itoh of Nagasaki, advocate for a nuclear-free world.

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Thanks! to all who participated in the

Fifth Annual

Sunday, August 6, 2006, 6:30-9:00 p.m.
61st Anniversary of Hiroshima Atomic Bombing
Aquatic Park, Berkeley

Video  | 

Message from Mayor of Hiroshima  [175K, PDF/Acrobat]

Message from Mayor of Nagasaki  [94K, PDF/Acrobat]

Message from U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee  [126K, PDF/Acrobat]
 

2006 PROGRAM   6:30 p.m.: Decorating shades for floating peace lanterns -- great for all ages! Folding origami peace cranes Japanese shakuhachi flutes, Emeryville Taiko drums, and other performers Messages from mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 8-9 p.m.: Floating of the Lanterns

 

2006 Sponsors included:
Berkeley City Council  |  Berkeley Peace & Justice Commission  |  ProgressivePortal.org  |  Women for Peace
Tinkers Workshop  |  Grandmothers Against the War  |  Berkeley-East Bay Gray Panthers  |  Singing for Peace
United Nations Association, East Bay  |  Friends of Hibakusha  |  Japanese American Citizens League, Berkeley Chapter
Ecumenical Peace Institute / Clergy and Laity Concerned  |  Not In Our Name-Bay Area  |  Global Security Institute
Social Justice Committee, Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists  |  Earthlight
Livermore Conversion Project  |  Thursday Night Meditation Community (Berkeley)

2006 Endorsers included:
Association of World Citizens  |  CodePINK  |  Ecology Center  |  Buddhist Peace Fellowship

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