About "Children's Peace Drawings Competition"
This competition started in commemoration of "International Year of Peace" of the United Nations in 1986.
Every year we solicit drawings on the theme of "peace" from elementary and junior high school students in Hiroshima City as well as overseas sister and friendship cities.

The 26^th Competition
We received 4,357 drawings from 120 schools in Hiroshima City and 805 drawings from 8 overseas countries. (5,162 drawings in total)
You can see the 42 award-winning works (Awards of Excellence and Distinction).
[Participating countries]
The United States, Russia, South Korea, Iran, France, Germany, Australia, India and Japan