Otake Kikuko

Otake Kikuko
Japan-born Kikuko Otake wrote her family’s story of Hiroshima atomic bombing

About the Author of Masako’s Story
Kikuko Otake (maiden name, Furuta) was born in Osaka, Japan. Her family moved to Hiro…

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Testimony of Hibakusha “Masako's Story: Surviving the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima” is available for reading

Kikuko Otake is a Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor (hibakusha). On August 6, 1945, she was five years old and lived just on…

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大竹幾久子著『いまなお原爆と向き合ってー原爆を落とせし国で』

大竹幾久子著『いまなお原爆と向き合ってー原爆を落とせし国でー』
(株)本の泉社: 2015年8月6日発行 1540円
四六判並製・216ページ・ISBN 978-4-7807-1238-4
著者の大竹幾久子は…

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Kikuko Otake writes Japanese Book "Still Facing the Atomic Bomb, in the Country that Dropped it"

Kikuko Otake wrote her atomic bomb experiences in Japanese and published it as “Ima Nao Genbaku to Mukiatte—Genbaku o O…

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2024/ Kikuko Otake speaks at “Lanterns of Hope” event at Gloria Morina Grand Park, Downtown Los Angeles on Aug. 9

Kikuko Otake holds a paper crane as a symbol of peace on the Nagasaki Day 2024 in Los Angeles (Cultural News Photo)




LOS ANG…

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“Masako’s Story” book review of Midwest Book Review, October 2012

Midwest Book Review
Bookwatch October 2012
Cowper’s Bookshelf
Masako’s Story, Second edition
Kikuko Otake
AuthorHo…

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“Masao’s Story” book review of Los Angeles Times, Sept. 30, 2007

 
Editorial Review
Los Angeles Times
By Susan Salter Reynolds
Sept. 30, 2007
Masako’s Story
Surviving the Atomic…

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“Masako’s Story” book review of Japan Times, Aug. 5, 2007

BOOK REVIEW
MASAKO’S STORY OF SURVIVAL KEEPING THE HORROR OF HIROSHIMA A LIVE
THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
BY DONALD RICHIE
MASA…

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US Presidents send letters to Kikuko Otake upon receipt of "Masako's Story"

THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 30, 2023
Ms. Kikuko Otake
Anaheim, California
Dear Ms. Otake,
Thank you for sending me yo…

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Ahead of Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony, Hiroshima Survivor Kikuko Otake Delivers Public Speech on Sunday, Dec. 8 at 3:00 PM PST, Via Zoom

 

In honor of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, Hiroshima survivor Kikuko Otake will deliver a powerful pub…

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2018/10/21: Hiroshima survivor Kikuko Otake meets Beatrice Fihn of ICAN, the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize recipient

The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation in Santa Barbara held the 2018 Distinguished Peace Leadership Award ceremony to Inte…

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2012/08/06/ Kikuko Otake speaks at the Sadako Garden in Santa Barbara on Hiroshima Day

On Aug. 6, 2012, Kikuko Otake was invited by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation as a keynote speaker for the Sadako Peace Da…

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