JAPAN
(2003
World Peace Prayer Society Report)
TOKYO, JAPAN
Sunday September
21, 2003
About 150 volunteers of the Goi Peace Foundation and their friends
gathered at the UNIC in Aoyama Tokyo under typhoon conditions at 2
PM.
Mr. Pete Deguchi explained about the International Day of Peace promoted
by the UN, the involvement of The World Peace Prayer Society NY at
the UN in NY and the IDP programs by volunteers all over the world.
We
cheered and reassured ourselves that what we were doing was important
for peace.
The police car guided the front and behind the lines of Peace Walk. They
were surprised to know that we are allowed by UNIC to use their land
as the gathering point, since it is normally not permitted to use
this place. This time, UNIC allowed us to use this place because
we were promoting the International Day of Peace.
We walked down the route 264, a major route across the Tokyo from UNIC to the
entrance of 
Omote-sando. Omote-sando
means Main Road for Shrine and this
one is for the Meiji Shrine that the Meiji Emperor symbolized. Along
246 and Omote-Sando, there are many fashionable and exotic stores
such as clothing, dining, gallery and café. So it is a kind of hot
area in Tokyo. We expected
many young people to watch us and our banner “May Peace Prevail on
Earth International Day of Peace,” but there weren’t many because
of the typhoon.
After 10 minutes walking, our legs and feet were soaking wet because
of the storm instead of our rain gear. We walked doing a World Peace
Prayer Ceremony, raising small paper flags in our hands while occasionally
explaining IDP. Yes, a lot of flags fell off the sticks because
of the rain, but we all collected them.
We passed the Harajuku Train Station and turned toward Yoyogi Park. Yoyogi Park is the big park
next to Meiji Shrine. After 10 minutes walk from Harajuku station,
we reached a square near Yoyogi Park, near the National
TV, and that was our goal. We thanked the police and thanked
each other.
Masayo Shibamoto
Yashio Mochizuki
World Peace Prayer Society The Goi Peace Foundation
Byakko
Shinko Kai, held a World Peace Prayer Ceremony at
Mt.
Fuji.
(“WE THE PEOPLES” INITIATIVE
Participant)
2003
World Peace Prayer Society Compilation
PICTORAL
ARCHIVE OF PREVIOUS PEACE DAY EVENTS
Africa | Asia
| Europe |
North America
| Oceania
| South
America | UN
& Global
May
Peace Prevail
On Earth
