
Mission Statement
VIEWThousand Cranes' Message
Stay true to your roots. Never forget your lineage & what your people represent. Tap internally; meditate; connect with your ancestors & build upon everything they stood for.
Take Every Step Like You Have A Thousand Ancestors Beside You
義 - 礼 - 勇 - 誉 - 仁 - 誠 - 忠
Gi - Rei - Yu - Meiyo - Jin - Makoto - Chu
Featured collection
Shinto Torii
Nagasaki, 1945
nuclear blast shadow
Hiroshima, 1945

Grave of the fireflies
“I saw a boy about ten years old walking by. He was carrying a baby on his back. In those days in Japan, we often saw children playing with their little brothers or sisters on their backs, but this boy was clearly different. I could see that he had come to this place for a serious reason. He was wearing no shoes. His face was hard. The little head was tipped back as if the baby were fast asleep. The boy stood there for five or ten minutes.
The men in white masks walked over to him and quietly began to take off the rope that was holding the baby. That is when I saw that the baby was already dead. The men held the body by the hands and feet and placed it on the fire. The boy stood there straight without moving, watching the flames. He was biting his lower lip so hard that it shone with blood. The flame burned low like the sun going down. The boy turned around and walked silently away."
- Joe O'Donnell, Nagasaki, 1945