. . Preparing. The time has finally come. The second part of the Global Youth Ambassador Academy starts in Berlin. On August 25, 33 Japanese and German young people will travel to the German capital to become Global Youth Ambassadors. It took eight months to prepare for the event. Only a few ...

written by Laura

On July 30th, after having tasty bento boxes for lunch, we listened to an interesting and important speech about peace and the danger of nuclear weapons. The speaker explained that these weapons are a big threat to all people and that the money spent on them could be used for better. Later, the speaker ...

written by Daniel

. . Scavenger Hunt. Today’s lunch was very delicious. We were in a restaurant with many eating courses, which were very delicious. After the little lunch, we went to our first stop for our scavenger hunt in our group with our supervisors. The scavenger hunt includes 2 to 3 stops that have something ...

. . German Embassy. Today we had breakfast from 8:00 am. We then went to the meeting room to drop off our suitcases. Then we took cabs to the German Embassy. There were only us Germans and Japanese present. From the outside, the embassy looked a bit like a bunker and the security measures seemed ...

. . Hiroshima – a city full of culture and learning. As our time in Hiroshima was reaching its end, we were quickly eating breakfast, in form of a diverse buffet, to check out of our hotel in time. But there was one last point on our agenda. After leaving the hotel, we put all of our ...

. . Group work. After enjoying a meal at the hotel buffet, we started the final workshop of the day. We began by reflecting on the day using a short survey. Then, we continued working in our groups on planning our scavenger hunt through Tokyo – with a focus on peace-related locations. We had to ...

. . Sadako Sasaki. After the UN-event, we went out for lunch together. We had delicious bento boxes with rice, prawns, chicken, egg and vegetables. We then visited Hiroshima Castle, where we were able to learn about japanese history, try on samurai helmets and enjoy the view over the city from the ...

. . UN – United Nations. This morning, we had a very special meeting. We had the meeting at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, a place of great historical significance and a symbol of peace and disarmament. The meeting was conducted by the UNitar. It was a special honor to discuss global ...