A performance and dialogue experience inspired by real stories from Hiroshima.
KANMA is an experience of performance and dialogue rooted in the lived histories of Hiroshima. Through theater based on real stories and conversations with people connected to Hiroshima across generations, visitors are invited to pause, listen, and reflect on what peace means today.
OUR CHAPTERS
Each Chapter Opens a New Conversation
Every chapter begins with a true story. Through performance and dialogue, each one opens a different doorway into Hiroshima, memory, and the human experience.
Chapter1: Letters to kū
Before Hiroshima became history, it was someone’s everyday life.
Inspired by real letters written by Sachiko Yokoyama to her ten-year-old son Yutaka, who had been evacuated from Hiroshima during World War II, Letters to Kū brings a mother’s voice into the present through performance.
Her words are filled with affection, humor, concern, and hope. Through them, audiences encounter not only a family living through extraordinary times, but also the universal bonds that connect parents and children across generations.
It is a story of life before loss, and of voices that continue to travel through time.
October 27–29, 2026
Performance • Dialogue • Reflection
7:00 PM–8:30 PM
Central Hiroshima
VOICES THROUGH TIME
Stories We Carry
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BEYOND THE STAGE
The People You Will Meet
Every KANMA Dialogue is an opportunity to meet people whose experiences, values, and stories offer new perspectives. Beyond the performance, conversations continue—creating connections that stay with us long after the curtain falls.
WHO WE ARE
The People Creating KANMA Dialogue
Mei YAMADA
Co-Creator & Playwright
Born in Hiroshima, she creates theater rooted in real stories and memories connected to Hiroshima and peace. Through her theater company Hengekidan, she creates distinctive theatrical worlds that magnify the subtle sense of unease and small contradictions hidden within everyday life.
Aya SASAKI
Founder & Director
Born in Hiroshima, she has worked in global human development and organizational consulting across Southeast Asia, Silicon Valley, New York, and Japan. Alongside her work in theater, she has also produced corporate theatrical projects based on real company histories and dialogue.
Sakiko KOBAYASHI
Actor
Born in Hiroshima, she works across contemporary theater and collaborative performance projects in and beyond Hiroshima. Through intimate physical expression and quiet presence, she explores memory, human relationships, and the emotions that exist beyond words.
A Place to Listen. A Place to Connect.
KANMA Dialogue is more than a performance. It is an opportunity to encounter stories, meet remarkable people, and take part in conversations that continue long after the curtain falls.