Umino:
Hello! I am Umino Watanuki, from Hiroshima Jogakuin High School. I was born and raised in Hiroshima City on July 21, 2006.
After graduating from nursery school, I entered a private elementary school in Hiroshima. In elementary school, I learned about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in a comprehensive study called "Kusunoki." What I learned there was what kind of damage was done when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. We also had the opportunity to listen to the stories of actual hibakusha. After graduating from elementary school, I enrolled in what is now Hiroshima Jogakuin Junior and Senior High School and took classes in peace education. In junior high and high school, I had many opportunities to interact with students from outside Hiroshima prefecture and other countries about nuclear weapons. I also interacted with high school students from other prefectures through activities such as a monument tour of the monuments in Peace Memorial Park. What I felt during these interactions was the lack of people who knew detailed information about the atomic bombing. Until now, having been born and raised in Hiroshima, peace education has always been a part of my identity. However, I was shocked to learn that even in the same prefecture in Japan, there is such a difference in the desire for nuclear abolition. Now I am working for the abolition of nuclear weapons, which I consider as the mission of those who were born and raised in Hiroshima. I would like to continue to send various messages to the world.
