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As Cansorzio Travolo Della Pace Franciacorta – Monte Orfano took the lead in organizing, tree plantings at six municipalities in the Province of Brescia were realized. One of the sites was Don Remo Tonoli Primary School in the town of Coccaglio. When Mr. Ebinuma and others arrived, children who were eating the school lunch at the cafeteria welcomed them with a big applause. Prior to the tree planting ceremony, they showed us the models of a ruined city with a huge mushroom cloud and a beautifully revived city with a big persimmon tree which stands in the middle of the city, as well as art objects, drawings, collage works, and… Read more »

Volunteers from the executive committee of “Ogaki Expo in 2000”, after 400 years from that battle. held in Ogaki City in 2000 set up the “O-kaki Project Executive Committee” and are promoting the Kaki Tree Project to elementary schools and junior high schools in Ogaki City. After planting the trees in the park of Ogaki Castle, at Kono Elementary School and Higashi Junior High School in 2000, they planted 4 more trees in 2001, 8 more in 2002, 6 more in 2003, 5 more in 2004, 2 more in 2005, 3 more in 2006, 7 more in 2007, and 2 more at Sunomata Nursery School and Ogaki Nihon Univ. high… Read more »

The city of Porto, Portugal, has a sister city relationship with the city of Nagasaki since 1978. As a symbol of the sister city relationship and to remember the atomic bombing as well as to express its solidarity with the city of Nagasaki, the city of Porto applied for the project through the Japanese Embassy in Portugal. Jardins do Palacio de Cristal, the planting site, is the biggest garden in the city center and surrounded by the Sports Pavilion where concerts and sports games are held, Almeida Garrett Library and restaurants. The garden is crowded with local residents who enjoy strolling as looking at beautiful trees in the city or… Read more »

Higashimatsuyama City is actively engaging in environmental conservation together with local residents in projects with the theme “Revitalization of community and nature” such as making a home for fireflies. Karako district, where the home for fireflies is in place and “Ten no sono (The Garden of Heaven),” one of Muraji Uchiki’s children’s literature, is set in. Karako Primary School with a history of more than 130 years, Karako Central Park and the Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels are also located in the district, which is blessed with the precious resources, so people can learn about environment and peace. Mr. Toshihiko Kato who works at the environment conservation department of… Read more »

Higashimatsuyama City is actively engaging in environmental conservation together with local residents in projects with the theme “Revitalization of community and nature” such as making a home for fireflies. Karako district, where the home for fireflies is in place and “Ten no sono (The Garden of Heaven),” one of Muraji Uchiki’s children’s literature, is set in. Karako Primary School with a history of more than 130 years, Karako Central Park and the Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels are also located in the district, which is blessed with the precious resources, so people can learn about environment and peace. Mr. Toshihiko Kato who works at the environment conservation department of… Read more »

Volunteers from the executive committee of “Ogaki Expo in 2000”, after 400 years from that battle. held in Ogaki City in 2000 set up the “O-kaki Project Executive Committee” and are promoting the Kaki Tree Project to elementary schools and junior high schools in Ogaki City. After planting the trees in the park of Ogaki Castle, at Kono Elementary School and Higashi Junior High School in 2000, they planted 4 more trees in 2001, 8 more in 2002, 6 more in 2003, 6 more in 2004, 2 more in 2005, 3 more in 2006 and 6 more in 2007 in locations such as Ichinose Elementary School, Tara Elementary School, Toki… Read more »

Puerto Rico’s annual mean temperature is about 25 degrees Celsius and there is one rainy season and one dry season annually. The person who applied for the project was artist Ms. Elias Adasme Apablaza. As Ms. Elias took the lead, Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art, Amnesty International Puerto Rico and several other cultural agencies cooperated and joined, and proceeded with the preparations for the tree planting to be held at the garden of the museum. Since Ms. Elias strongly desired to plant the tree on 11th of September for world peace, the seedling was sent from Japan to Puerto Rico in the spring time when transport of it was… Read more »

Kreuzlingen is a beautiful city located on the Bodensee, on the border with Germany, about 60 km away from Zurich. The person who applied for the project is Ms. Colina A. Blanco W., who learned about the Kaki Tree Project on the BBC website and discussed plans of workshop and planting site with her friend, Mr. Walter Bartschi. They asked the city of Kreuzlingen for their cooperation so the project was realized. The planting site is a vast garden of a mansion nestled along the Bodensee, which is now owned by the university, and the well-kept garden is under the management of the city of Kreuzlingen. Children from neighboring elementary… Read more »

Istituto Comprensivo “G.B. Niccolini” learned about the Kaki Tree Project from a person in Poggibonsi, Italy where the tree planting took place on 1st of April 2000 and they wanted to have the tree planted in their city as well, so Mr. Andrea Famiglietti, principal of the school, and Ms. Sonia Pieraccioni, project leader, applied for the project. Giovanni Battista Niccolini School is a public school, which consists of 10 individual schools, with about 1,200 students ages from 3 to 19 and is the second largest school in the province of Pisa. As the planting site, one of the 10 schools, the schoolyard of Givanni Pascoli Elementary School was chosen…. Read more »

As Mr. Shinichi Yano, art instructor at Kakinomi Kindergarten in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, where the tree planting took place on 13th of May 2005, introduced the project to Yokohama Civic Art Gallery Azamino Preparation Office, the project at Yokohama Civic Art Gallery Azamino was realized. The Civic Gallery which had just opened was huge and there was much traffic including children and people in the community. Although it was drizzling on the day of the tree planting ceremony, about 30 children who applied in advance as well as who just walk-in gathered at the entrance hall on the ground floor. The children who were going to participate all wore… Read more »

Mr. Jonathan Adamson of Place heard about the Kaki Tree Project from Mr. Bruce Allan, who organized the tree planting ceremony on 15th of March 2002 in Gloucester, UK, and applied for the project to be held at Nagasaki Hiroshima Memorial Site at Edgerton Cemetery Place has been promoting a monument at this memorial site on behalf of public institutions and has been active with the support from cemetery association of the local government. Edgerton Cemetery has a history of 150 years and is located 3/4 mile away from the center of the town of Huddersfield. The tree will be planted at the central part of the cemetery, near the… Read more »

Volunteers from the executive committee of “Ogaki Expo in 2000”, after 400 years from that battle.held in Ogaki City in 2000 set up the “O-kaki Project Executive Committee” and are promoting the Kaki Tree Project to elementary schools and junior high schools in Ogaki City. After planting the trees in the park of Ogaki Castle, Kono Elementary School and Higashi Junior High School in 2000, they planted 4 more trees in 2001, 8 more in 2002, 6 more in 2003, 6 more in 2004, 2 more in 2005 and 3 more in 2006 in locations such as Sunomata Elementary School, Kamiishizu Junior High School and Koto Children’s Park. On the… Read more »

Collingwood School is a large private school with 1,100 students ages from 5 to 18 and 160 teaching staff. This is a sister school of Mulgrave School, where tree planting took place in 2003. Ms. Meghan McAlister, then a student at Collingwood School, heard about the tree planting at Mulgrave School from her friend and applied for the project on behalf of the school. She applied while she was still at the school, however, since she expected to graduate from the school in 2004, Head of Senior School Ms. Lisa Evans took over the project. As Collingwood School has exchange programs so students from various countries come learn together at… Read more »