Hiroshima Appeals: A Poster Exhibition of Global Messages
November 15 @ 11:30 am - 4:30 pm EST
An event every week that begins at 11:30 am on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday, repeating until December 20th, 2025
An event every week that begins at 11:30 am on Thursday, repeating until December 18th, 2025
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『ヒロシマ・アピールズ・グローバル・メッセージ』 ポスター展
Special thanks to
Japan Graphic Design Association Inc.
The DNP Foundation for Culture Promotion
Japan Design Committee
In commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the entire annual series of the Hiroshima Appeals poster project is exhibited.
Initiated by JAGDA Hiroshima and Hiroshima International Cultural Foundation, and currently also operated by The Hiroshima Peace Creation Fund, the series demonstrates remarkably sustained continuity and ongoing efforts of world-wide compassion ( https://hiroshima.jagda.or.jp/appeals_about.html ).
The series consists of 29 posters, headed by KAMEKURA Yūsaku’s masterpiece “Burning Butterflies” 1983, continued with an unbroken sequence of works of high artistic excellence.
Selected works from The Japan Foundation, Toronto’s poster collection accompany the Hiroshima Appeals posters which share the unique nature of the design creation in being non-commercial, abstract, conceptual, and focusing on global issues and subjects.
Admission: FREE
Advanced, time-specific reservations are recommended.
Hand-sanitization at the entry and wearing face-coverings on our premises are recommended.
Gallery Hours: Open on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. Hourly timeslots starting at 11:30 am, 12:30 pm, 1:30pm, 2:30 pm, 3:30 pm (4:30 pm and 5:30 pm on Thursdays)
August 6 (Wednesday): Special Open-to-public for the eightieth anniversary from 11:30 am to 6:30 pm (Library is closed)
The gallery will remain open on Monday, September 29; Tuesday, September 30; and Wednesday, October 1 to accommodate participants of the RGD Design Thinkers 2025. All other visitors are welcome as well! (Library is closed)
Closed on select days: April 18 – 21 (Easter Closure), May 17 – 19 (Victoria Day Weekend), July 1 (Canada Day), August 2 – 4 (Civic Holiday Weekend), August 30 – September 1 (Labour Day Weekend), September 30 (National Day for Truth and Reconciliation), October 11 – 13 (Thanksgiving Weekend), November 11 (Remembrance Day)
Exhibition Period: April 1 – December 20, 2025
Library & Gallery Opening Hours
| Monday | CLOSED |
| Tuesday | 11:30am to 4:30pm |
| Wednesday | CLOSED |
| Thursday | 11:30am to 6:30pm |
| Friday | 11:30am to 4:30pm |
| Saturday | 11:30am to 4:30pm *Closed on select Saturdays |
| Sunday | CLOSED |
Related Programming:
The Face of Jizo (film screening)
Thursday Nov 6, 6:00 PM (ET)
Directed by KUROKI Kazuo • 2004 • Drama, War • 99 minutes • Presented in Japanese with English subtitles
In Hiroshima in 1948, memories of the atomic bombing three years earlier are still fresh in the minds of the people. Mitsue (MIYAZAWA Rie) works at a library where she meets Mr. Kinoshita (ASANO Tadanobu), a shy, young man researching the disaster. They grow close, and Mr. Kinoshita eventually asks for her hand in marriage. However, Mitsue is troubled by her memories of the bombing when she was unable to save her father, Takezo (HARADA Yoshio), and her closest friends as well as the many others who lost their lives. She doubts whether she deserves to have survived. Then the spirit of her father appears before her, and asserts that she should be happy. Watching over her budding romance with Mr. Kinoshita, Takezo cajoles and encourages Mitsue into opening her heart again.
The third in veteran director KUROKI Kazuo’s trilogy of films (Tomorrow, Kirishima 1945) set in wartime Japan.
