Tanka poems against the war

 Do you know Kamishibai?

It is a kind of old-way Japanese street performance of storytelling with pictures.

If you have a plan to go to Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, how about visiting Dotonbori in Osaka? There, you might have a chance to enjoy Kamishibai.

During the Expo, one man is performing it daily in Dotonbori, Minami, Osaka.

The Kamishibai is read entirely in English, and the story is set in Hiroshima, where the atomic bomb was dropped, and tells the story of "Kei-chan" praying for peace.

Mr. Yoshimura said "I would like to present the Kamishibai to visitors to Japan, have them translate it into their own language, and spread it in their own countries" and "I hope it will become an opportunity to think about the abolition of nuclear weapons."

Please read the article below using AI translation for further information.

Peace-preaching Kamishibai to be performed daily during the Expo in Minami https://namba.keizai.biz/headline/5587/

or Launch of project to spread peace Kamishibai to the world: Showing for 184 consecutive days in Dotonbori during the Osaka-Kansai Expo https://newscast.jp/news/9660974 ←Scroll down and read it in English．