This is Edamame, a correspondent with children.
Today, March 10th.
It was a normal Saturday, so I took my daughter Azuki for a walk toward the Sumida River Terrace.
On the way.
Many people in front of Hamacho Kuminkan (the children's house is also included, so we are taking care of each other).
And unlike usual, flowers are also offered, and everyone is holding hands together.
Oh, that's right.
Today is the day when the Great Tokyo Air Raid took place.
Today, 1945 (Showa 20), the U.S. Air Force B29 bomber was launched at 0:08 midnight.
Flying over Tokyo, a large air raid occurred, causing the largest damage.
At present, Tokyo Metropolitan Government has designated this day as "Tokyo Peace Day" and seems to be conducting various events.
And why many people gather in Hamacho Kuminkan?
For the reason, please give me this relief.
At that time, there was Hamacho Elementary School here.
And on the night of the Tokyo Air Raid, two teachers and janitors were martyred here.
The elementary school also returned to the ashes.
In addition, many schools were rebuilt to be resistant to fires following the Great Kanto Earthquake.
It seems that many people were evacuated to elementary school.
The power of the U.S. air raids is far more than expected.
It seems that many people who have been evacuated have been sacrificed.
The relief was made by alumni at Hamacho Elementary School in 1990.
"Speak to your children from heaven and protect them.
The gentle people carved in our minds
I pray for the peace of mind and the happiness of your life."
There was something in my heart.
The memory of Great East Japan Earthquake on the next day, March 11, is new.
And it's easier to remember what you have experienced.
(In fact, that day I became a refugee home and eventually spent the night at work.)
It seems that there is a situation where it is difficult to remember the Tokyo air raid.
Nothing.
I think we must never forget the day when we think about the preciousness of peace.
The second half of the relief text
"I swear again that this is the kind of disaster."
I would like to understand this word.
Hamacho Kuminkan (the site of Hamacho Elementary School)
3-37-1, Nihonbashihamacho, Chuo-ku
http://mappage.jp/cml/SMAP.php?X=139.7945767088&Y=35.6822381386&L=12#S04
※The relief is on the outer wall of the left side of the entrance.
