The peace walk commemorates the 69th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. The Peace Walk will also honor the courage and determination of three Buddhist monks.

Nine years ago, they made a 1600-mile pilgrimage to Trinity, New Mexico returning the atomic flame, which has burned continuously at a memorial site between Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Please join us in expression our gratitude for the past year of peace and our wish for another nuclear tragedy-free year.

The walk will start at 5pm with a lantern lighting service in the Hongwanji Temple at 1727 Pali Highway and end at 7pm at the Nagasaki Peace Bell Memorial at the Honolulu Civic Center (on South Beretania Street, across from the Board of Water Supply). Those who are unable to walk that far may meet the group at the Nagasaki Peace Bell at 7pm for a short aspiration and bell ringing. Suggested apparel is “something Peaceful” and comfortable shoes.

Note that the Peace Walk will be held even if there is heavy rain, but the route will be modified to stay at the temple and NOT to the Nagasaki Peace Bell.