Children S Peace Monument A Bombed Buildings Cenotaph Etc Explore Hiroshima Hiroshima City Regional Area Official Tourism Website Sadako Sasaki was a Japanese girl who lived in Hiroshima, in Japan In August 1945, when she was two year's old, the atomic bomb was dropped about one mile away from her home She and her family managed to escape, although her grandmother ran back to fetch something from their house and was never seen again "I will write "peace" on your wings, and you will fly all over the world"Peace in the World" Photo by Jan Brinn, MSU Extension In 05, I was honored to be the Michigan 4H outbound chaperone through the States' 4H International Japan outbound summer program Sadako monument in japan