By Glen Milner
The annual Pacific Northwest Interfaith Peace Walk started the day on Friday August 6, 2021 in Lake Forest Park for the 76th year remembrance of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.
Rev. Senji Kanaeda of the Nipponzan Myohoji Buddhist Temple on Bainbridge Island conducted a short ceremony for peace at the Peace Pole on the corner of Bothell Way NE (SR 522) and Ballinger Way NE (SR 104). 
The ceremony in Lake Forest Park is called すべての核犠牲 者の為の「慰霊祭」or Subete no kaku giseisha no tame no Irei-sai (memorial, or spirit-consoling, service for all nuclear victims.)
The Peace Walk is shorter this year due to the pandemic. The Peace Walk on August 6th began in Lake Forest Park and ended in Seattle at Green Lake for the From Hiroshima to Hope lantern floating ceremony.
This day was part of a seven-day walk that began in Eugene on July 24th and ends at the Trident nuclear submarine base at Bangor, Washington on August 9th.
Photos by Karol Milner
