I just saw this article on the Japan Times website. I had been surprised that Obama only folded 4 cranes since I had heard that the number 4 is considered unlucky by the Japanese. This is because 4 sounds like death in Japanese.
I am curious who taught him how to fold the cranes. There are pictures of the cranes. Mark Hiroshima peace museum puts Obama’s paper cranes on display Japan Times Tokyo June 9, 2016 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/06/09/national/hiroshima-peace-museum-puts-obamas-paper-cranes-display/?utm_source=Daily+News+Updates&utm_campaign=0a8025e5d1-Friday_email_updates10_06_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c5a6080d40-0a8025e5d1-331933353 The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum on Thursday put on display four paper cranes offered by U.S. President Barack Obama during his historic visit to the ...
