Wednesday, August 6, 2025. Remembrance and Lanterns Shine Hope on Green Lake.
With music, poetry, and a lantern floating ceremony, From Hiroshima to Hope will shine hope and light on Green Lake on Wednesday evening, August 6, the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9. The annual remembrance event honors the victims of the atomic bombings, and all victims of violence. With 1,000 candle-lit lanterns floating on Green Lake, From Hiroshima to Hope is one of the largest commemorations of the atomic bombings held outside of Japan.
From Hiroshima to Hope begins at 6:00 PM with lantern preparation, followed at 6:30 PM with performances by Koto no WA and Heron Dancers. The family program gets underway at 7:00 PM and features the popular Japanese American drumming group, Seattle Kokon Taiko. Sharon Maeda, noted Seattle social justice activist and journalist, will emcee the program. Performers include keynote speaker Stan Shikuma, activist with Tsuru for Solidarity; Seattle Youth Poet Laureate Janae Lu, The Rhapsody Songsters, Cello performance by Seattle-Japan Suzuki Institute, and Patrick Johnson on shakuhachi. The candle-lit lantern ceremony begins at 8:00 PM, with lanterns floating on the lake at dusk. This year also marks the 83rd anniversary of Executive Order 9066, which led to the incarceration of Japanese Americans on the U.S. West Coast.
The event is created annually by the non-profit organization, From Hiroshima to Hope, and is sponsored by local community organizations, with grant support from The Abe Keller Peace Education Fund. It is held just south of the Bathhouse, on Green Lake’s northwest shore near West Green Lake Drive North and Stone Ave North. The event is free and open to the public. For more information: https://fromhiroshimatohope.org or
2025 Sponsors, Supporters and In-Kind Donors
Special thanks for grant support to the Abe Keller Peace Education Fund
Sponsors: Abe Keller Peace Education Fund, Asian Counseling and Referral Service, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, Earthcare Not Warfare, Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, Hanford Challenge, Japanese American Citizens League – Seattle Chapter, Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington, No More Bombs, Pax Christi Northwest, Plymouth Church Peace Action, Seattle Hiroshima Club, Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Women’s Association, Veterans for Peace Daniel Ellsberg – Chapter 92, Washington Against Nuclear Weapons Coalition, Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility, Western Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation – Seattle Chapter, Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience
Supporters: Blades of Change, Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Dec. 13th Network for Poland, El Salvador & Disarmament, El Centro de la Raza, Ethnic Heritage Council, Nipponzan Myohoji Temple, Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple
In-Kind Donors: Dunn Lumber, Greenlake Boathouse, Greenwood Senior Center, Marie Okuma Johnston
Community support is crucial! Donations make this free, public event possible! Please consider making a contribution today. We are a (501)c3 non-profit organization.
The public event is free. Donations are welcome, on-site, or in advance here.
