About ...

A heroine for girls across Japan, Sadako Sasaki was two-years-old when the atomic bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945, near her home in Hiroshima, Japan. She is remembered throughout the world for her story of a thousand cranes.

Sadako believed an ancient legend that a wish will be granted for anyone who folds one thousand paper origami cranes. When she was 12 years old and in the hospital, Sadako folded a thousand cranes using old paper, medicine wrapping, and anything else she could find. Her wish was for peace.

Special Facts ...

• Honored by a statue in the world-famous Seattle Peace Park
• Dedicated to Sadako, people all over Japan celebrate August 6 as an annual peace day