The second life of Hiroshima's origami cranes

Japanese monk Yoyu Mimatsu blows into a conch at a ritual burning of thousands of paper cranes sent to his Buddhist temple near Hiroshima. For years, the cranes sent to Hiroshima were simply left at memorials, with municipal cleaners occasionally disposing of them. Monk Yoyu Mimatsu prays during a ceremony to burn thousands of paper cranes on the island of Miyajima, near Hiroshima. Japanese monk Yoyu Mimatsu blows into a conch at a ritual burning of thousands of paper cranes sent to his Buddhist temple near Hiroshima. For years, the cranes sent to Hiroshima were simply left at memorials, with municipal cleaners occasionally disposing of them.