The year 2025 marks 80 years since the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Even now, however, there are still over 12,000 nuclear weapons in existence on the planet. As we approach the 80th year of the bombing, we invite you to reflect on peace.
6th August 2025 will witness events world wide to mark Hiroshima Day; in Wales, 3 events will take place simultaneously north and south, at the National Eisteddfod in Wrexham, Swansea’s Waterfront Museum, and at Wales’ National Temple of Peace & Health in Cardiff.
Temple of Peace, Cardiff – Temple Friends Gathering & Treeplanting
Global gathering at Wales National Garden of Peace to mark 80 years since the atomic bombing of Japan – with activities, music, plant & seed swap, films and tea. Organised through Temple Friends.
An Oleander tree (the official flower of Hiroshima) will be planted in the Peace Garden, grown from seeds from Hiroshima itself and kindly donated by Wales-based Hibakusha (2nd generation atomic survivor) Kyoko Gibson from Cwmtwrch. Hear Kyoko’s story via BBC Sept 2024; and her Hiroshima80 presentation to UK Parliament on. 22 July.
Register via Eventbrite (or click on image below)
Waterfront Museum, Swansea
Hiroshima Never Again: 80 years of nuclear weapons (15.30-17.00)
Speakers: Sioned Williams, AS; Kyoko Gibson, a second generation Hibakusha (survivor of the atomic bombs), born in Hiroshima shortly after the bombing; Brian Jones, Swansea Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Drop-in event: no registration required. See link above for details.
Organised by Amgueddfa Cymru / National Museums of Wales
National Eisteddfod of Wales, Wrexham
Download & Print Map of the Eisteddfod Maes Wrexham 2025. Pabell Heddwch / Peace Tent this year is located at Stands 220-221, just inside the main entrance / behind ‘Pentref Wrexham’.
Academi Heddwch and Wales Arts International invite you to two special events at the Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 2025 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Hiroshima, highlighting the importance of remembrance for contemporary and active peace making.
11am – 11:40am @ Pabell Heddwch
Cofio, Cofio, Cofio: an in-conversation between Cian Ciarán and Catharine Nagashima with Deputy Chair of Academi Heddwch, Jill Evans. Simultaneous translation will be available.
We will walk from the Pabell Heddwch to the Cerrig yr Orsedd
12:00pm @ Cerrig yr Orsedd stone circle / Pafiliwn : Minute silence
12:01pm:
Hibakusha: join us for the start of the premiere of Cian Ciarán’s soundscape that pays tribute to those who died in the Hiroshima tragedy and their families. The audio installation will last for six hours (12:01-6pm), marking the time it took for the US plane, the Enola Gray, to reach Hiroshima. It’s an invitation to make our own quiet reflections on peace at the ceremonial heart of the Maes.
CND Cymru Campaign
Find out more about CND’s ‘No More Hiroshima’s’ Campaign:
About Hiroshima Day
August 6 every year is commemorated as Hiroshima Day, remembering thre many tens of thousands killed when the world’s first atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States at the closew of World War Two.
2025 marks the 80th Anniversary of Hiroshima Day, for which WCIA alongside partners SGI UK, CND Cymru and others hope to plant a special memorial tree in Wales’ National Garden of Peace. Further details will be confirmed as the date approaches, but it is likely that a short ceremony and public event will complement the ‘normal routine’ of the monthly Temple Friends gatherings – timings TBC.
- The blossoming Oleander Tree is the international flower of Hiroshima
- The Hiroshima Memorial in Japan