Folding Origami Cranes
CraftingIn Japan, the crane is a symbol of life. Sadako Sasaki was just two years old when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. At the age of eleven, she developed leukemia as a result of the bomb’s radiation. She hoped that if she folded a thousand cranes, she would survive. She folded many more than a thousand, but sadly, she passed away fourteen months later. Will you fold a crane too?
Sadako made the crane an even stronger symbol of life and survival. Every year, people still leave thousands of cranes at monuments across Japan.
