About:A Thousand Cranes This song is about a book"Sadako and the thousand cranes" which was republished by Atsuko Moriya who is the aunt of the songs composer Junko Moriya. jazz singer Kaminishi Chinami wrote lyrics for the tune with a hope that every child can sing the song with a wish for peace.The book is about the life of a girl who lived through the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and later succumbed to radiation illness. There is a statue of her in the Hiroshima memorial peace park.The land in Hiroshima was devestated by the bombing. It was said that the land wouldn't be able to support any trees or greenery at least for 75 years, but a few days after the bombing a new fresh sprout was discovered coming out. We can feel strong energy and get a sense of wonder from nature. Time has gone by and the town has transformed but the children have never changed the way they are...they are playing, laughing and dreaming of the future. If we can keep the peace, we can keep the children's dreams...that is the theme of the song. Kaminishi wrote the lyrics with the inspiration she got from a film which was taken by her relative who had immigrated to Canada, then had come back Japan for a visit 80 years ago.[A thousand cranes] is made with a wish that we have to convey the message from the ancestors to our generation and to the future generation through music.