Sunday, May 29, 2011

Children want to eat healthy vegetables! 300 march at Nuclear Free Walk in Shiga


On May 8th, the Nuclear Free Citizens' Walk was held in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture. Buddhist priests from the Nihonzan Myohoji [pro-peace Buddhist sect] in Tokyo attended the demonstration, which started from JR Otshu Station. There were speeches in front of the Prefectural office building and the participants marched an hour and a half along Lake Biwa to the Shiga Branch office of the Kansai Electric Power Company. By the end of the march, 300 people had joined. Children in the march chanted energetically in support of the children in Fukushima, “Children want to eat healthy vegetables! ” ”Children want to play baseball outside!” I also chanted in a loud voice to defend the future of children. I heard afterwards that these children were from a remote school in a mountain village near Fukui Prefecture and that there were 6 children attending the march out of the total 8 pupils of the school. (Y.K)

「おいしい野菜を食べたーい」~滋賀の脱原発デモに300人
 5月8日「脱原発市民ウォークin滋賀」のデモが行われまた。東京から日本山妙法寺の僧侶も参加し、JR大津駅前を13時40分ごろ出発し、県庁前広場で主催者の挨拶など少しトークがあり(写真)、時折左手にびわ湖を見ながら、関西電力滋賀支店前まで1時間半に及ぶデモでした。参加者は、最終的に300人。デモ参加の子どもたちは、「おいしい野菜を食べたーい」「子どもは外で野球がしたーい」と、福島の子どもに思いをはせ、元気いっぱいにシュプレしました。私も、子どもの未来を守ろう、子どもの命を守ろうと声を大きくしました。後で聞くと、子どもたちは福井に近い大津の山間部から来たということで、全校生徒8名のうち6名が来ているとのことでした。(Y・K)

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