また、この日が来た。
28年目の5/2…
hideさん、そちらで元気にしてるかな?
真矢が一足先にそちらに行ったから、どうかよろしくね。
そちらの作法をどうかご教授してあげてね。
I miss you so much my bro.
Wish you were here…
with Love,
SGZ
August 6, 2025. 80 years have passed since then.
On August 3rd, I had the honor of performing at the "Pray for Peace Collection 2025 in Hiroshima – Peaceful Thousand Paper Cranes Fashion Show" presented by tenbo, a brand that always supports me. I performed a live set with violin and piano, sharing a heartfelt moment of prayer with the children who participated.
In the month that marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing, performing music in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome with a message of peace was a deeply meaningful and sacred experience. I was given the privilege to play a Hibaku violin and a Hibaku piano—instruments that survived the atomic bombing and its horrors.
It was a prayer for the souls of the victims, and a prayer for peace. Music to soothe the unrest in people’s hearts, and to ensure that humanity doesn’t lose its way in the near future.
In this moment—when Asia, and the world at large, are facing what is arguably the most tense and unstable postwar reality— my heart is filled with nothing but sorrow and anger. That is exactly why we must choose the path of peace and nonviolence, not violence and bloodshed. It takes real courage, but it is undoubtedly the more noble path for humanity.
Shockingly, there are a rising number of those today who are beginning to justify nuclear armament— who claim that military power is the only real solution. But if any nation has the right to stand firmly and call for the total abolition of nuclear weapons, it is Japan. Can one truly believe nuclear arsenals are necessary after knowing the unspeakable suffering of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
The concept of “deterrence�� is essentially the same as “an eye for an eye.” It is a primitive ideology from 4,000 years ago that we should no longer carry forward into the modern world.
We must never allow the same tragedy that happened 80 years ago to happen again. We must never allow another World War to take place. We must never be swayed by the agendas of war-hungry world leaders. We must never allow ourselves to be dragged down by surrounding hostility and hatred, and lower our consciousness to their level. We must not let ourselves be manipulated by anger and hate, nor be swept into the tide of mob rule.
Conflicts still rage across the world. And in every war, it is only a tiny handful of people who reap massive profits. The vast majority of people suffer deeply.
99.9% of humanity does not wish for war. We are the overwhelming majority. Let us unite and eliminate war, genocide, and all acts of killing from this Earth. Let us stand together and make this world a place of peace— a place filled with the smiles of children.
Today, 80 years after that unimaginable tragedy, this is what my heart feels most strongly.
From Japan with Love,
SGZ
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Photo by Keiko TANABE.