hope 4 japan part 1
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Barbara Shoner – leader
James Maroosis – co-leader
Cindy Lescarbeau
Casey Callahan
Julian Lescarbeau
Samantha Shoner
Tylor Spina
Ryan Harkins
Kaci Shoner
Jacob Shoner
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Evangelizing at Ohori Park
Dinner at Canal City
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Ohori Park is the location of theoriginal Fukuoka Castle. Ohorimeans large moat, and the man-madelake was once part of FukuokaCastle's defenses. The moat wasturned into a park in 1929.
The lake now has small islands in itconnected by Chinese-stylebridges, and is also surrounded by atrail. Row boats and pedal boats canbe rented.
Ohori Park is now one of the mostbeautiful water parks in Japan.
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Canal City Hakata is a largeshopping and entertainmentcomplex, calling itself a "citywithin the city".
Attractions include 250shops, cafes and restaurants, atheater, gamecenter, cinemas, two hotelsand a canal running throughthe complex.
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Team leading worship at Hakata New Life Church,Cindy delivering message in service, Barbara andteens teaching Sunday School with children.
Lunch with the congregation, then off to Tenjin Parkto pass out tracts.
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Shoners & Cindy performed during chapeltime, the whole team visited English classesand conducted interviews, we ate lunch in thecafeteria, then performed and shared amessage with the students.
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Fukuoka Castle was builtin the beginning of the17th century by KurodaNagamasa, first daimyo(feudal lord) of Chikuzen(part of modern Fukuoka).
Lord Kuroda Nagamasaspent 7 years building 47turrets and platforms ofvarious sizes.
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First, the team passed out tracts at the subwayentrances near Fukuoka University, then wewent to Seinan Gakuin University where theteam performed several songs and the humanvideo during two university classes. Cindy andJames shared a message and we played Ninjawith the students. We also gave out salvationbracelets. It was a blessed time.
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The garden contains 80plants mentioned in theBible, with labels inHebrew, Greek, Latin, English, and Japanese, aswell as a reference to theBiblical passage inwhich the plant ismentioned.
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At 767.7 feet tall, Fukuoka Tower is thetallest coastal tower in Japan. FukuokaTower was finished in 1989; taking atotal of 14 months to build at a cost of¥6,000,000,000.
It is nicknamed “Mirror Sail” becausethe tower is covered with 8,000 half-mirrors.
The tower was a major feature in the1994 Japanese film Godzilla vs.SpaceGodzilla, in which it was destroyedin the climatic battle between the titularmonsters.
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The Fukuoka Dome isa baseball stadium.
The stadium serves asthe headquarters ofthe Fukuoka SoftBankHawks.
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Chapel Time with New Life ChristianSchool, calligraphy class, then lunch. Our newfriends from New York, Mark Green and Anri(from Fukuoka), joined us. Farewell toFukuoka.
Bullet train to Hiroshima and a visit to PeacePark. Mark and Anri traveled with us.
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Cemetery
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“Wind of no Return” - inlaid with tiles melted by the A-bomb and collected from the river during restoration in 1981.
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Nearly 7,000 Hiroshima schoolstudents died in the atomic bombblast. They were mobilized to helpincrease factory production anddemolish buildings. The towerwas build to console the souls ofthese victims.
The twelve-meter high five-storytower, widened toward the top, isfinished with Arita-yaki ceramicplates. The Goddess of Peace andeight doves are arranged aroundit. The center pole of the tower haslights dedicated to the dead
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Also called Genbaku Dome – this is the skeletal ruins of the former IndustrialPromotion Hall. It is the building closest to the hypocenter of the nuclearbomb that remained at least partially standing. It was left how it was after thebombing in memory of the casualties.
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Surface of the bell is a map of the world. Its "sweet spot" is an atomic symbol.
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Clock Tower of Peace chimesevery day at 8:15 a.m. to pleafor "No More Hiroshimas."
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A statue dedicated to the memoryof the children who died as aresult of the bombing. The statueis of a girl with outstretched armswith a folded paper crane risingabove her.
The statue is based on the truestory of Sadako Sasaki, a younggirl who died from radiation fromthe bomb. She believed that if shefolded 1,000 paper cranes shewould be cured.
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Eternal flame - pedestal suggests the shape of a pair of hands with open palms. The flame has burned continuously since 1964 and "will remain lit until all nuclear bombs on the planet are destroyed and the planet is free from the threat of nuclear annihilation."
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To solace the souls of those who died crying, "Water, please, water."
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The gates are covered with the word "peace" in 49 languages from around the world.
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Among the 400,000 people who werekilled or exposed to lethal post-explosion radiation, at least 45,000were Korean. Themonument, beautified with Koreannational symbols, is intended tohonor Korean victims and survivorsof the atomic bomb and Japanese
colonialism.
The monument's inscription reads"The Monument in Memory of theKorean Victims of the A[tomic]-Bomb.In memory of the souls of His HighnessPrince Yi Wu and over 20000 othersouls", while the side-inscriptionreads "Souls of the dead ride to heavenon the backs of turtles."
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Morning visit to the Peace Memorial Museum (asobering experience) and Peace Park, where wehanded out salvation bracelets to the visitingschoolchildren. Mark and Anri performed in thepark.
Afternoon bullet train to Heguri to meetmissionaries Paul and Rickie Clark.
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