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Kaki trees on Gran Canaria Island, Spain

Mr. Masao Kitazawa and Ms. Chiyoko Sano told us that the kaki trees had been growing well. The trees were planted on 13 March 1999 at the Finca de Osorio. There are many tiny buds on the trees, although they are not clearly visible in the photo. Mr. Kitazawa has been living on the island for more than 20 years. When he met the trees by chance in November 2011, Mr. Manolo, who has been working at the community house for 25 years, told him about the trees. Mr. Kitazawa kindly offered us “Is there anything I can do?” and visit the trees every now and then and inform us… Read more »

Workshop / Karako Primary School

Workshop by Anken Kidani “Let’s make the background picture – Connect our feelings!” The kaki tree planted on 26 February 2007 at Karako Primary School has produced fruit for the first time this year. Since the planting, the school has been organizing a workshop of the Kaki Tree Project to pass on the stories of the school’s planted kaki tree and it’s now an annual event. On 8 November this year, a workshop by Anken Kidani was held and 61 pupils in the third grade joined. This was the fifth workshop held at the school and first the picture-card show “Kaki Tree Parent and Child” was performed. Then, the workshop… Read more »

10th Anniversary / Takaho Primary School

On 31 October 2011, “Experience Kaki Peeling” and “Kaki Peeling Competition” were held at Takaho Primary School in Suzaka City to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the planting. The members of Takaho Regional Development Promotion Committee visit the school every year for the last few years to organize these events since the kaki tree planted on 1 March 2001 first produced fruit. As 4 pupils on behalf of the school visited Nagasaki in August this year and Mr. Ebinuma also came from Nagasaki to attend, the “Peeling Competition” was greater than usual. Firstly, the 4 pupils who visited Nagasaki reported with pictures that they visited the bombed tree and its… Read more »

Donations From Italy Delivered to Watari Primary School

Watari Primary School was supposed to have the tree planting ceremony of the seedling of the bombed kaki tree on 13 April 2011. However, because of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant disaster, hundreds of people had to evacuate to Fukushima-shi and Watari Primary School was also used as one of the evacuation centers, and the radiation problem thereafter, the school had to give up the tree planting. When three schools in Italy, Istituto Comprensivo Statale di Trenzano (planted the tree on 24 March 2010), Istituto Comprensivo Statale di Bagnolo Mella (planted the tree on 18 May 2011) and Istituto Comorensivo Statale di Gussago heard about… Read more »

From planting place / Kaki Tree Already Bears Fruit in the Second Year!

Teacher Fukuda has brought good news that one of the two kaki trees planted in Ushiku Daisan Junior High School on 12 March 2009 bore fruit for the first time. The second-year tree has grown so much that we were surprised. It is unusual for a kaki tree in the second year after the planting to bear fruit. It was very fortunate that the students have been carefully nurturing the trees and had chosen a good place with well-drained soil and plenty of sun. Keep up the good work everyone!

Lecture by Tatsuo Miyajima at Takaho Primary School

Takaho Primary School planted two kaki trees on 1 March 2001 and will celebrate the 10th anniversary in 2011. 4 children on behalf of the pupils will take part in Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Victims Memorial Peace Prayer Ceremony in August 2011 and interact with primary schools in Nagasaki. Prior to the ceremony, as a preliminary study, Tatsuo Miyajima, founder of the “Revive Time” Kaki Tree Project, conducted a lecture titled “The Kaki Tree Project that spread all over the world” on 8 July 2011. All the 190 pupils of Takaho Primary School and Mr. Seiji Arai, who applied for the project, as well as Takaho regional development committee members attended… Read more »

Planting Ceremony / Primary School Comezzano Cizzago

Mr. Clelia Nodari, teacher of Comezzano Cizzago Primary School, applied for the project because he wanted people to remember the atomic bombing and to send a message how strong life is by planting the tree. For the tree planting ceremony, a special stage was built in the schoolyard and children gathered around the tennis court. A national flag of Japan was raised in the center of the stage and everyone applauded when Mr. Ebinuma was introduced. After the mayor made a speech, Mr. Ebinuma and another mayor made their speeches, and then children’s performances began. Upper graders sang and danced. Some also performed folk dance of the former Yugoslavia and… Read more »

General Meeting of Tree Planting Sites in Brescia

Secretariat of The World March for Peace and Nonviolence Since the planting at St. Giulia Museum in 2000, the seedlings of the bombed kaki tree have been planted in 25 sites in the Province of Brescia, Italy. Representatives from several planting sites gathered for the general meeting in the evening of 20 May 2011. About 10 people including Mr. Foletti Francesco from Consorzio Tavolo Della Pace Franciacorta-Monte Orfano, representatives from the tree planting sites of 2011 and residents from the future planting sites attended the meeting. So did Mr. Masayuki Ebinuma and Mr. Takahisa Araki. In the meeting, each planting site provided the status report, the organization which initiated “The… Read more »

Planting Ceremony / Istituto Comprensivo Statale “Leonardo da Vinci”

An international humanitarian association, “World Without Wars,” initiated a project called “The World March for Peace and Nonviolence” in the autumn of 2008. Millions of people participated in the World March, which began on 2 October 2009 in New Zealand and ended on 2 January 2010 in Argentina. Ms. Tiziana Volta, coordinator of the World March in Brescia initiated the tree planting at Istituto Comprensivo Statale “Leonardo da Vinci” in Castenedolo and Giosue Carducci Junior High School in L’Aquila in 2011. Castenedolo is a comune (township) that is known for Valsella, the company manufactured anti-personnel mines until the mid 1990’s. To bring in the kaki tree, Ms. Volta had worked… Read more »

Planting Ceremony / Istituto Comprensivo di Bagnolo Mella

Prior to the tree planting ceremony on 18 May 2011, children paraded in the morning carrying a big flag. Before the parade, they were informed about the Kaki Tree Project by Mr. Foletti Francesco of Consorzio Tavolo Della Pace Franciacorta-Monte Orfano and heard Mr. Ebinuma’s speech. The parade started from the big lawn in the park, took the long path in the park, passed through the town and arrived at the school. At the entrance of school building, a large kaki tree drawing was displayed and many small origami cranes, which were made by all the participants at the workshop on the day before, 17 May, were put in a… Read more »

Planting Ceremony / The Maximilian Kolbe Church

Mr. Molinari Bortolo of Ecological Fire Group Sella applied for the planting that took place in the garden of the Maximilian Kolbe Church. Since 2011 marks the 70th anniversary of Father Kolbe’s death and also the 35th anniversary of the Fire Group Sella’s foundation, they wished to plant the kaki tree “of peace.” The church’s name derives from Father Kolbe, a Franciscan friar who once lived in Nagasaki for some years. At the age of 47, he died in place of a sergeant in the concentration camp of Auschwitz. He was later canonized. Brescia Ecological Fire Group Sella, to which Mr. Molinari Bortolo belongs, watches, protects and restores the hill… Read more »

Planting Ceremony / Nostell Priory and Parkland

Mr Jonathan Adamson, who initiated the planting at Edgerton Cemetery on 26 March 2006, applied for yet another planting. Mr Adamson has been promoting the project in the area where he lives since the first planting in 2006 and has sent a number of letters introducing the Kaki Tree Project to more than a dozen neighboring schools and churches. Two places among those have expressed their keen interest in the project and following the planting at Fylingdales Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School in 2010, the planting at Nostell Priory and Parkland took place in 2011. Nostell Priory is located in West Yorkshire and has a large park with… Read more »

Planting Ceremony / New Park Bettole

Don Milani Cooperative Association was established in Coccaglio around 1973-1974 for housing development and in recent years actively undertakes construction of parks in residential area and plants seeds in green space besides its main housing development projects. Mr. Sileo Mario, Director of Don Milani Cooperative Association, applied for the planting. The tree planting was held on 8 May. The park where the tree was planted is quite new and has not been surrounded by houses yet, however, not only residents of Don Milani residential area but also those of Baffalola, children and pupils from nearby kindergarten, primary school, secondary school as well as volunteers in the region will get involved… Read more »

Planting Ceremony / Giosue Carducci Junior High School

An international humanitarian association, “World Without Wars,” initiated a project called “The World March for Peace and Nonviolence” in the autumn of 2008. Millions of people participated in the World March, which began on 2 October 2009 in New Zealand and ended on 2 January 2010 in Argentina. Ms. Tiziana Volta, coordinator of the World March in Brescia initiated the tree planting at a new school in Castenedolo and Giosue Carducci Junior High School in L’Aquila. The tree planting ceremony was held from 11:00am on 2 April 2011 at Giosue Carducci Junior High School and attended by school officials, local organizations and representatives of forest groups and many others. A… Read more »

From planting place / Takahagi Primary School

Although Takahagi Primary School didn’t officially participate in the Kaki Tree Project, it is Mr. Masayuki Ebinuma’s alma mater and as we feel a special connection to the school, we are very happy to share this news. They planted “the seedlings of the bombed kaki tree” in March 1996 and named the two trees “Kakky and Nokky,” and have taken great care of them for 15 years. However, the trees didn’t produce fruit all the while. Then, they produced fruit for the first time in the autumn of 2010 and Principal Jiro Nagayama shared the happy news with Mr. Ebinuma. The following is an excerpt from the letter written by… Read more »

Event / Yanaka Community Center

The kaki tree which was planted on 28 March 1998 at Yanaka Community Center in Taito-ku, Tokyo was moved to Hatsune no Mori, Disaster Prevention Space, which is across the street from Yanaka Community Center, in 2008. For 2 years after the transplantation, the tree did not produce any fruit, however, it produced a lot of fruit in the autumn of 2010 and the harvest festival was held on 13 November 2010. About 35 people including children from the children’s club and the children’s future club of the community committee participated in the event. They gathered approximately 400 pieces of kaki fruit and then in the community center’s kitchen, they… Read more »

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