KANMA Dialogue – A pause to feel –
Why KANMA?
Hiroshima is often remembered through a single moment in history.
But before that moment, there were ordinary lives, conversations, hopes, and relationships.
KANMA was created to offer a different way of encountering Hiroshima — not only through facts and history, but through stories, performance, and dialogue.
We believe peace begins when people pause, listen, and connect with one another.
What to Expect
Performance
Real stories from Hiroshima brought to life through theater.
Beyond Learning About Hiroshima
KANMA is not a museum tour.
KANMA is not a lecture.
KANMA invites visitors to experience Hiroshima through human stories and shared conversation.
There are no correct answers.
Only questions worth carrying home.
Chapter 1 begins with a mother writing to her son.
Based on 35 real letters sent from Hiroshima to an eleven-year-old boy evacuated during the war, Letters to Kū invites audiences into a world of ordinary family life before it became history.
Why “KANMA”?
KANMA comes from three ideas:
Kan (感) — to feel
Ma (間) — a space, a pause
Comma (,) — a moment to stop before continuing
Together, they express our hope that people will pause, feel, and reconnect with themselves and others.