A piece of paper just 11.5 cm × 6.5 cm creates a “story of peace” somewhere in the world.
HN (Hiroshima Nagasaki) – A Bookmark for Peace
The small bookmark now in your hands
may become the very first moment
someone pauses to think about peace.
The “secret” held by a single bookmark
This bookmark is created by N4_project,
a peace education initiative born in Japan
that collaborates with Nobel Peace Prize–winning organizations.
On the back of the bookmark is a QR code
that allows anyone to download for free
the picture-story show “The Cloud That Won’t Disappear by Kei,”
based on firsthand atomic bomb testimony.
What began in Osaka
has spread across Japan
and is now read in more than 10 countries worldwide.
The main figure is Keiko Ogura,
an atomic bomb survivor who has guided
heads of state and global leaders through Hiroshima.
Her real-life experiences, combined with artwork
created by Ukrainian refugees,
gave birth to this powerful story.
Everyone who reads it feels their heart tighten.
It ends with two messages:
“Nuclear weapons must never be used again.”
“All people deserve peace.”
And every time you place this bookmark in a book,
that story of peace quietly travels
to another corner of the world.
From “The Cloud That Won’t Disappear by Kei”
Bookmark: back design
This bookmark could not have been made alone
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ICAN (Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Organization)
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SADAKO LEGACY
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Ali Beazer, grandson of a crew member of the atomic bomb aircraft
People of different nationalities and histories came together
to ask one question: What is peace?
Their conclusion was this:
to carry the world’s peace in a single sheet.
What reaches your hands
is a symbol of peace
created together, beyond the past.
ICAN – Head of Communications
Alistair Burnett
SADAKO LEGACY – Vice Chair
Yuji Sasaki
Artist
Erina Yamasaki
Bookmark design
The artist’s resolve and quiet obsession
The artist behind this bookmark is
Erina Yamasaki,
born and raised in Hiroshima.
She watched recordings of peace conferences again and again,
redrew compositions dozens of times,
and continued drawing late into the night,
holding back the emotion swelling in her chest.
Her wish was simple and singular:
“I want to depict paper cranes of peace
facing the same direction,
releasing hope as light,
and carrying people’s wishes forward.”
The finished bookmark became
not just a design,
but a crystallized prayer.
In a time when speaking out can carry risk,
her art creates space for people
to think about peace—
without saying a single word.
No two are the same——
Paper reborn from paper cranes around the world
Did you know?
Every year, 10 million paper cranes
are sent to Hiroshima from around the world.
And that those cranes
are reborn as paper.
Very few people—even in Japan—
have ever touched it.
Every bookmark is made
from this recycled paper crane paper.
Paper filled with wishes from across the globe.
Just touching it invites thoughts of peace.
Choosing this paper meant ignoring cost efficiency.
Fragments of colored paper are embedded within,
and no two sheets in the world share the same expression.
Peace doesn’t live only
in your heart
— Buy 1, Give +1
You buy one bookmark for $6.
Another is delivered
to someone, somewhere in the world.
Even if they never know your name,
one day they will open a book
and hold the bookmark you chose.
Your single piece
becomes someone’s very first
gateway to peace.
This is not a small donation.
It is an act of placing peace
inside another person’s heart.
Voices from those who’ve held it
“The pop-art style is adorable—it makes me want to recommend it to others.”
“The moment I touched it, I knew it was paper made from cranes. I was moved.”
“I bought extra to give as gifts.”
“My child asked, ‘What’s this?’
That was the first time I truly talked seriously about peace.”
The experiences of those who read it and touch it
are already moving the hearts of the next person.
Paper cranes are made to carry wishes.
This bookmark was chosen
to carry them forward.
Just $6.
But it becomes——
$6 that turns into someone’s hope
The bookmark is small.
But your decision is not.
“Let’s make the world
just a little better.”
In your hands now
rests a gateway to peace.