nhk world's chie yamagishi has more. >> reporter: the stories keiko ogura recounts about the atomic bombing of hiroshima don't make for easy listening. >> and then i thought, what are they hiding down? i was wondering. >> reporter: ogura has been telling foreign visitors about that dark day in 1945 for more than three decades. she was 8 years old when the bomb was dropped. she was near her house about two kilometers from ground zero. years later, ogura married a man who became the director of the hiroshima peace memorial museum. he was committed to informing people around the world about the tragedy. after he died, a foreign journalist suggested ogura follow in his footsteps. she taught herself english. then she started working as an interpreter and coordinator for the journalist and other foreign media. later, she began speaking of her personal atomic bomb experience. she realized the value of having exchanges with people from overseas. >> to speak in english directly to foreign people is very important because that means i can hear what they think about and what they found here. >> report