{"id":260463,"date":"2024-04-22T12:00:31","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T11:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=260463"},"modified":"2024-04-21T07:33:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T06:33:18","slug":"some-thoughts-on-peace-from-blue-danube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2024\/04\/some-thoughts-on-peace-from-blue-danube\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Thoughts on Peace from Blue Danube"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/blue-danube.png\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-260465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/blue-danube.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/blue-danube.png 642w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/blue-danube-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.getyourguide.com\/img\/location\/5a1d517e950a1.jpeg\/88.jpg\" >Source of the image above<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Imagine that you are walking along the riverside of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Danube\" >Danube River.<\/a>\u00a0 If you visit the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/NIbEHVR7AaY\/maxresdefault.jpg\" >Danube Park<\/a> in Vienna nowadays, you can really enjoy seeing the amazingly beautiful scenic beauty of the River and of the spring flowers in the Park!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(9:47)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WwUrJZZeewg\" > Strauss &#8211; Blue Danube &#8211; Blauer Donau &#8211; El Danubio Azul &#8211; Waltz &#8211; Healing Music &#8211; 432 Hz. (youtube.com)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(10:45)\u00a0\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7cw-KMZ1xok\" >Johann Strauss II: The Blue Danube(1866) op.314 &#8211; Herbert Von Karajan (youtube.com)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nearby the Park, there is the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/unis.unvienna.org\/unis\/uploads\/res\/visitors_service\/individual-tours_html\/VICbuildings_UNISViennaYitingXiang2021_Web.jpg\" >Vienna International Centre (VIC)<\/a> in which the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unov.org\/\" >UN Office at Vienna (UNOV)<\/a> and the main offices of other relevant international organizations are accommodated.<\/p>\n<p>The Headquarters of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iaea.org\/\" >IAEA<\/a> is in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thumbs.dreamstime.com\/b\/vienna-austria-october-facade-headquarters-international-atomic-energy-agency-iaea-modern-skyscraper-donau-city-269948245.jpg\" >&#8220;A&#8221; Building of the <\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thumbs.dreamstime.com\/b\/vienna-austria-october-facade-headquarters-international-atomic-energy-agency-iaea-modern-skyscraper-donau-city-269948245.jpg\" >VIC<\/a>.\u00a0 The staff members of IAEA are reportedly very busy now behind the closed door of the Building because of the potentially and catastrophically dangerous on-going conflicts and problems, including the Israel-Iran Conflict, the Ukraine War, the North Korean nuclear weapon experiments and more.<\/p>\n<p>There is\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/Restaurant_Review-g190454-d4052739-Reviews-Turm_Restaurant-Vienna.html\" >a nice restaurant on the top floor <\/a>of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.donauturm.at\/en\/\" >Danube Tower<\/a> in the Park.\u00a0 Let the world leaders gather at the restaurant to have a world peace conference!<\/p>\n<p>The Danube River has been peaceful for centuries.\u00a0\u00a0\u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.icpdr.org\/publications\/flow-danube-cooperation-history-shared-responsibility\" >As early as 1616, the Danube was a keystone in negotiating peace.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gethiroshima.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/children-playing-in-the-river-in-front-of-hiroshima-abomb-dome.jpg\" >The Motoyasu River<\/a>, in front of the ex-Hiroshima Commerce and Industry Hall (a.k.a. the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thumbs.dreamstime.com\/b\/bomb-dome-hiroshima-japan-atomic-serves-as-important-landmark-marking-day-first-was-dropped-world-war-116188272.jpg\" >Hiroshima A<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thumbs.dreamstime.com\/b\/bomb-dome-hiroshima-japan-atomic-serves-as-important-landmark-marking-day-first-was-dropped-world-war-116188272.jpg\" >tomic Bomb Dome<\/a>, the Ground Zero), is peaceful today.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/s.hdnux.com\/photos\/14\/47\/61\/3308622\/5\/920x920.jpg\" >The Urakami River<\/a>, in front of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jetstar.com\/_\/media\/destinations\/images\/japan\/nagasaki\/nagasaki-peace-park.jpg?rev=c7ec62cee5134ab6936ed45a5af9efbb&amp;w=320&amp;rc=1&amp;cw=320&amp;ch=200&amp;cx=7&amp;cy=0&amp;hash=9140D1D7CA6BF99CA9C4DFF488996628C15A6FA8%20320w,\/_\/media\/destinations\/images\/japan\/nagasaki\/nagasaki-peace-park.jpg?rev=c7ec62cee5134ab6936ed45a5af9efbb&amp;w=480&amp;rc=1&amp;cw=480&amp;ch=300&amp;cx=11&amp;cy=0&amp;hash=45B62B30726C568B5D6B58FE2E8DB7414DFB20CD%20480w,\/_\/media\/destinations\/images\/japan\/nagasaki\/nagasaki-peace-park.jpg?rev=c7ec62cee5134ab6936ed45a5af9efbb&amp;w=640&amp;rc=1&amp;cw=640&amp;ch=400&amp;cx=14&amp;cy=0&amp;hash=5B73FC408428307DC8F0DE94FE0F4D349ABACAC2%20640w,\/_\/media\/destinations\/images\/japan\/nagasaki\/nagasaki-peace-park.jpg?rev=c7ec62cee5134ab6936ed45a5af9efbb&amp;w=720&amp;rc=1&amp;cw=720&amp;ch=450&amp;cx=16&amp;cy=0&amp;hash=E8949479B0AF8D6931E4BE40403D684078FE479F%20720w\" >Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Memorial <\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jetstar.com\/_\/media\/destinations\/images\/japan\/nagasaki\/nagasaki-peace-park.jpg?rev=c7ec62cee5134ab6936ed45a5af9efbb&amp;w=320&amp;rc=1&amp;cw=320&amp;ch=200&amp;cx=7&amp;cy=0&amp;hash=9140D1D7CA6BF99CA9C4DFF488996628C15A6FA8%20320w,\/_\/media\/destinations\/images\/japan\/nagasaki\/nagasaki-peace-park.jpg?rev=c7ec62cee5134ab6936ed45a5af9efbb&amp;w=480&amp;rc=1&amp;cw=480&amp;ch=300&amp;cx=11&amp;cy=0&amp;hash=45B62B30726C568B5D6B58FE2E8DB7414DFB20CD%20480w,\/_\/media\/destinations\/images\/japan\/nagasaki\/nagasaki-peace-park.jpg?rev=c7ec62cee5134ab6936ed45a5af9efbb&amp;w=640&amp;rc=1&amp;cw=640&amp;ch=400&amp;cx=14&amp;cy=0&amp;hash=5B73FC408428307DC8F0DE94FE0F4D349ABACAC2%20640w,\/_\/media\/destinations\/images\/japan\/nagasaki\/nagasaki-peace-park.jpg?rev=c7ec62cee5134ab6936ed45a5af9efbb&amp;w=720&amp;rc=1&amp;cw=720&amp;ch=450&amp;cx=16&amp;cy=0&amp;hash=E8949479B0AF8D6931E4BE40403D684078FE479F%20720w\" >Peace <\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jetstar.com\/_\/media\/destinations\/images\/japan\/nagasaki\/nagasaki-peace-park.jpg?rev=c7ec62cee5134ab6936ed45a5af9efbb&amp;w=320&amp;rc=1&amp;cw=320&amp;ch=200&amp;cx=7&amp;cy=0&amp;hash=9140D1D7CA6BF99CA9C4DFF488996628C15A6FA8%20320w,\/_\/media\/destinations\/images\/japan\/nagasaki\/nagasaki-peace-park.jpg?rev=c7ec62cee5134ab6936ed45a5af9efbb&amp;w=480&amp;rc=1&amp;cw=480&amp;ch=300&amp;cx=11&amp;cy=0&amp;hash=45B62B30726C568B5D6B58FE2E8DB7414DFB20CD%20480w,\/_\/media\/destinations\/images\/japan\/nagasaki\/nagasaki-peace-park.jpg?rev=c7ec62cee5134ab6936ed45a5af9efbb&amp;w=640&amp;rc=1&amp;cw=640&amp;ch=400&amp;cx=14&amp;cy=0&amp;hash=5B73FC408428307DC8F0DE94FE0F4D349ABACAC2%20640w,\/_\/media\/destinations\/images\/japan\/nagasaki\/nagasaki-peace-park.jpg?rev=c7ec62cee5134ab6936ed45a5af9efbb&amp;w=720&amp;rc=1&amp;cw=720&amp;ch=450&amp;cx=16&amp;cy=0&amp;hash=E8949479B0AF8D6931E4BE40403D684078FE479F%20720w\" >Park<\/a>, the Ground Zero, is also peaceful today.<\/p>\n<p>A five-minute walk from the River takes you to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Immaculate_Conception_Cathedral,_Nagasaki\" >Urakami Cathedral.<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/api.time.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/nagasaki.jpg\" >See the <\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/api.time.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/nagasaki.jpg\" >Urakami Cathedral then<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c8.alamy.com\/comp\/AGYAWC\/urakami-catholic-cathedral-nagasaki-japan-AGYAWC.jpg\" >now<\/a>. What do the Cathedral and the Statues in front of it teach us, the humanity on this planet?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 May peace flow from the Danube River, from the Motoyasu River, and from the Urakami River to every corner of the world!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>_______________________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Satoshi Ashikaga is\u00a0a member of the\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/\" ><em>TRANSCEND Network for Peace Development Environment<\/em><\/a><em>. Having worked as researcher, development program\/project officer, legal protection\/humanitarian assistance officer, human rights monitor-negotiator, managing-editor, and more, he prefers a peaceful and prudent life.\u00a0 His previous work experiences, including those in war zones and war-torn zones, constantly remind him of the invaluableness of pe<\/em><em>ace.<\/em><em>\u00a0 He visited Hiroshima. He lived in Nagasaki.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May peace flow from the Danube River, from the Motoyasu River, and from the Urakami River to every corner of the world!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":260465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[119],"class_list":["post-260463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transcend-members","tag-peace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":260466,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260463\/revisions\/260466"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}