Annual Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration 2026 - Asian American Council of Oregon Foundation

Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration has been rescheduled for Aug. 29th at 5:30pm.

The Japanese American Association has kindly invited us to bring the Commemoration to the annual Obon & Taiko Festival on August 29th. The festival is held from 1-7pm at the Yujin Gakuen, the Japanese Immersion School, 2855 Lincoln Street in Eugene.

The Commemoration will begin at 5:30pm.

The Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration honors the victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945 and calls for peace and the abolition of nuclear weapons.

This free, family-friendly gathering begins at 5:30 pm.

The event is presented by the Asian American Council of Oregon Foundation.

Past commemoration event activities include:

* In 2024, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots Japanese survivors organization, for their global efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons. Learn more about Nihom Hidankyo, and view the Nobel Award Ceremony Speech.

* In 2022, Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui delivered this Peace Declaration in English to reach farther and wider around the globe. Watch this moving video here.

* On August 6, 2019, A Hiroshima Peace Tree was planted in Alton Baker Park in Eugene. Watch the video here.

Also, view this interactive map showing all Peace Tree locations planted in Oregon.

For more information about the peace tree, see the work of Green Legacy Hiroshima Initiative and One Sunny Day Initiative.

Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration 2026

Welcome and Acknowledgement of JAA. Bob Watada.

Prayer to the Ancestors. Rev. Mark Unno.

Letter from Mayor of Hiroshima. Read by Mike Takahashi.

Statement from Mayor Kaarin Knudson. Read by Former Mayor Kitty Piercy.

Music—Hana wa Saku (student singers)

—What Have They Done to the Rain (Buck Mueller)

Obon Dance to follow.