Children from the YMCA Hiroshima Center, Japan, have sent handmade Japanese lanterns to Armenia in memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide.

On Monday, representatives of Hikari Center, YMCA and Japan’s Embassy in Armenia visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial Tsitsernakaberd. They paid tribute to the Armenian Genocide victims at the memorial complex.

The lanterns were set afloat, according to an old Japanese tradition.