No more Fukushimas Anti-nuclear power peace walkers rest in Weehawken on 250-mile journey
Source: Hudson Reporter
The soft, heartbeat-like sound of a small drum could be heard keeping time as a group of around 20 “No More Fukushimas” peace walkers, lead by 86-year-old Japanese Buddhist nun Jun Yasuda, approached Weehawken’s Swaminarayan Temple Wednesday evening.
That day, they had walked nearly 20 miles from Staten Island, across the Bayonne Bridge, through Jersey City and Hoboken, and were welcomed by the Hindu temple as visiting pilgrims and fed a vegan meal prepared by temple members.
On March 11, 2011, an earthquake caused a tsunami in Japan, which threw the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant into serious crisis. The resulting radiation pollution has reached levels higher than the Chernobyl disaster in the Ukraine, according to anti-nuclear expert and activist Dominique French, who addressed the peace walkers that evening.
The walkers come from far and wide: some lived near Fukushima in Japan, some are from Hudson County, and some join along the route.
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