
Kijoši Tanimoto
Reverend Kijoši Tanimoto was a Methodist pastor in Hiroshima. On the morning of the atomic bomb, he was preparing to move his belongings to a safer location when the explosion occurred. Surviving the blast, he immediately began helping the wounded and became a prominent figure in the community's response to the disaster.
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Kijoši Tanimoto wrote 230 pages of memories about the horrors of Hiroshima after the atomic bomb in 1945.
Skriti rokopis preživelega postal knjižna uspešnica in navdih za filmDelo – major Slovenian daily, est. 1959·
Slovenia· 2026-06-23
Reverend Kijoši Tanimoto was a pastor in Hiroshima who helped others during the chaos following the atomic bomb explosion.
Hirošima (reportáž Johna Herseyho) - Svet SMESME – major Slovak daily, est. 1993·
Slovakia· 2025-08-08
Reverend Kijoši Tanimoto was a pastor in Hiroshima who helped others during the chaos following the bombing.
Hirošima (reportáž Johna Herseyho) - Svet SMESME – major Slovak daily, est. 1993·
Slovakia· 2025-08-06








