Today, I met with a few professors in Hikone at Japan Center for Michigan Universities, where I studied last semester, in order to speak with them about my project. During my time at JCMU, we partnered with a number of elementary schools in the area to learn more about the education system in Japan while working to build ties within the community. For this project, I hope to interview elementary school children in both Hiroshima and Hikone to learn about their perspectives on the US and their relationship with the bombings. In this way, perhaps we can gain insight into how the place where these children have been raised has influenced their psyche and way of thinking. Ben McCracken and Christopher Garth, the Resident Director and English Language Program Coordinator, respectively, have agreed to help me coordinate these interviews with students ranging from elementary to high school. Additionally, Professor McCracken has offered to put me in contact with the Osaka-Kobe US Consul General for anything with which I might need his help. Perhaps, I can inquire about obtaining access to archives at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in order to track down the drawings sent by Santa Fe, NM schoolchildren.