6 moments

  1. Birth in Kusunoki

    · Kusunoki, Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan

    Birth in Kusunoki
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    Sadako Sasaki was born in Kusunoki, then a town in Yamaguchi Prefecture and now part of Ube. Coordinate is a representative point for the former Kusunoki municipality rather than a documented birth building.

  2. At home during the Hiroshima bombing

    · Kusunoki-chō, Nishi-ku, Hiroshima, Japan

    At home during the Hiroshima bombing
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    Sadako was at her family home in Hiroshima's Kusunoki neighbourhood when the atomic bomb was dropped; she survived the blast and subsequent black rain. Coordinate is a representative point for the Kusunoki-chō neighbourhood; the family house is not precisely identified.

  3. Entering Nobori-cho Elementary School

    · Hiroshima Municipal Noboricho Elementary School, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan

    Entering Nobori-cho Elementary School
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    Sadako entered Nobori-cho Elementary School in Hiroshima, beginning the school years in which she became known as a talented runner.

  4. Admission to Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital

    · Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan

    Admission to Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital
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    After developing leukemia, Sadako was admitted for treatment at Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital, where she received blood transfusions. Coordinate marks the hospital at 1-9-6 Sendamachi; the present hospital occupies the documented institutional site.

  5. Beginning to fold cranes in hospital

    · Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan

    Beginning to fold cranes in hospital
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    During her hospitalization, cranes sent by high-school students reached Sadako's room; she then began folding cranes herself in hope of recovery. The source identifies Sadako's hospital room but does not repeat the hospital's name in this passage; the preceding hospitalization is identified by the same official museum chronology as Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital.

  6. Death at Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital

    · Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan

    Death at Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital
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    Sadako died of leukemia at age twelve after months of treatment and paper-crane folding at Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital. Coordinate marks the hospital at 1-9-6 Sendamachi; the present hospital occupies the documented institutional site.

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