Kikuko Otake
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…
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…
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…
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…
“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…
“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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
2022/2/6: ロサンゼルスの大竹幾久子さんの歌が2022年2月6日の朝日歌壇に入選しました。「被爆の惨知る国なれど核の傘必要といいて署名せぬ国」
ロサンゼルスの大竹幾久子さんの歌が、「朝日歌壇」に入選し、2月6日（日曜日）付けの朝日新聞で発表されました。
大竹幾久子
被爆の惨知る国なれど核の傘必要といいて署名せぬ国 （選者は高野公彦氏でした）…
2022/1/16: 第38回(2022年）朝日歌壇賞にロサンゼルスの大竹幾久子さんが選ばれる
ロサンゼルスの大竹幾久子さんは、このたび、朝日新聞の「第３８回（2022年）朝日歌壇賞」を受賞しました。
受賞作は2022年1月16日（日）の朝日新聞紙上で発表されました。
朝日新聞には「朝日歌壇」とよば…