Assembling outside the London Embassy of Japan, Piccadilly …… outside the London Embassy of Japan, Piccadilly …
… outside the London Embassy of Japan, Piccadilly …… outside the London Embassy of Japan, Piccadilly …… crossing Piccadilly in fierce winds ….… marching through Mayfair, along Piccadilly …… harmonised melodic chanting & rhythmic Uchiwa Daiko drumming through Mayfair, along Piccadilly …… harmonised melodic chanting & rhythmic Uchiwa Daiko drumming through Mayfair, along Piccadilly …… harmonised melodic chanting & rhythmic Uchiwa Daiko drumming through Mayfair, along Piccadilly …… passing by the Royal Academy, Piccadilly, London …… marching down Regent Street St James’s from Piccadilly Circus …We stopped in front of the New Zealand High Commission on Haymarket to pay our respects with a minute of silence for our brothers and sisters who were murdered in their places of worship in Christchurch on Friday.Stopping outside Downing Street, off Whitehall …… Outside Downing street: more than 16 million 1m3 black plastic bags of radioactive soil & vegetation are still piling up across Fukushima, Japan, still with nowhere to go after eight years …… on Whitehall: heavy police presence due to Stand Up To Racism march & demo soon to arrive …… arriving at Westminster …… Palace of Westminster, partially shrouded for repairs – as are parts of wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, even after eight years …… marching in front of Big Ben, clad with scaffolding. at Westminster …… Shigeo addresses the gathering from the base of the George V statue, Old Palace Yard, opposite the House of Lords, Westminster …… “Congratulations to so many Japanese people for the witness they give us for peace and justice in the world. To honour nuclear victims we must campaign to stop military production.” Bruce Kent, CND Vice President, addresses the gathering, (a police officer has just informed us that we are no longer permitted to use a microphone or any amplification in this location) …
… gathered together opposite Parliament to listen to Bruce Kent, CND Vice President (Campaign For Nuclear Disarmament) …… gathered together opposite Parliament to listen to Bruce Kent, CND Vice President (Campaign For Nuclear Disarmament) …“Let us honour the memory of the Fukushima disaster by campaigning to scrap Sizewell C and all plans for new dirty, dangerous and expensive nuclear power, “Dr Kate Hudson, CND General Secretary (Campaign For Nuclear Disarmament), addresses the rally …Roy Pumfrey speaks on behalf of Stop HinkleyReverend Gyoro Nagase of Battersea Peace Pagoda and Sister Maruta of Milton Keynes Peace Pagoda, both Nipponzan Myohoji Buddhist, with bring peace with chanting & prayer with their friend Mark …Phil Steele
Bunny Easton, veteran peace campaigner and regular participant of the weekly Friday morning Remember Fukushima vigil outside the London Embassy of Japan, PiccadillyNeil Crumpton, speaks on behalf of PAWB (People Against Wylfa B)Simon KobayashiKaori reads a message from Ruiko Muto, Member of Fukushima Women Against Nuclear Power Chair of the Complainants for the Criminal Prosecution of the Fukushima Nuclear DisasterAn appeal for an end to all wars by Bunny Easton, veteran peace campaigner and regular participant of the weekly Friday morning Remember Fukushima vigil outside the London Embassy of Japan, Piccadilly
Ann Garrett reads one of her poemsRed and Green choir and Raised Voices choirOn right: Atsuko Kamura who has just performed a Japanese folk song, a capella, with her friend on the left.In the shadow of Westminster Abbey, Shigeo concludes the rally.
Additional photos from Ann Garrett:
Fay and Ann Garrett hold FoE Bromley bannerAnn Garrett and friend hold Bromley CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) banner
REMEMBER FUKUSHIMA 