Participation fee 2,500 yen (Picture book included)

It's been 80 years since the “Tsushima Maru Incident.” If only two ships could talk...
On 1944/8/22, the American submarine “Boffin” torpedoed and sank the evacuation ship “Tsushima Maru,” which was sailing from Okinawa to Kyushu. Of the 1,788 people on board, 1,484 died. There are 784 children. The “Tsushima Maru” is still sinking 880 meters below the sea. Meanwhile, “Boffin,” which played an active part in this war even after the incident, is on display at the Boffin Submarine Museum in Hawaii with the results of that battle.

In the picture book “Tsushima Maru and Bofin,” co-authored by Ikezawa Natsuki and Kuroda Seitaro, the situation at the time of the incident and its horror is conveyed from the dialogue between “Tsushima Maru” and “Bofin,” and also tells the emptiness and horror of war that leaves a big scar on anyone involved in the war regardless of enemies or allies.

◎ Publication commemorative event
9/15 (Sun) 14:00 @Tsushima Tsushima-maru Memorial Museum
Cast: Kuroda Seitaro/Taira Tsugiko (Director of the Tsushima-maru Memorial Museum) /Miyagi Satsuki (reading aloud) /Tsushima Maru Children's Choir (song)
Participation fee: 2,500 yen (picture books included, free for elementary school students and younger)

9/15 (Sun) 17:00 @Junkudo Bookstore Naha
Cast: Kuroda Seitaro/Morimoto Kohei (Junkudo Bookstore Naha Store Manager)
Participation fee: free

9/16 (Monday holiday) 11:00 @Tsushima Tsushima-maru Memorial Museum
Cast: Ikezawa Natsuki/Kuroda Seitaro/Takara Masakatsu (Chairman of the Tsushima-maru Memorial Museum) /Miyagi Satsuki (read aloud)
Participation fee: 2,500 yen (picture books included, free for elementary school students and younger)

9/16 (Monday holiday) 15:00 @Okinawa Times Gallery
Cast: Ikezawa Natsuki/Kuroda Seitaro
Participation fee: 2,500 yen (picture books included, free for elementary school students and younger)

Event details and reservation acceptance

https://www.switch-store.net/SHOP/TO0002.html

“Tsushima Maru and Bofin” details

https://www.switch-store.net/SHOP/BO0126.html