Category: Planting Ceremony

In 1998, Ms. Miho Cibot who was living in Paris and presides the Nagasaki Hiroshima hydrogen bomb research institution sympathized with the kaki tree project and applied for it. Because of her passionate action, Anger and Saint-Denis in French applied to plant kaki trees and four trees were sent to French. On 10th March 1999, two kaki trees were planted at the yard of Museum Jean Lurcat in Angers. Meanwhile, Aa artist, Lurcat’s tapestry named “The song of the world” that belongs the museum was exhibited in Japan including Hiroshima until May in that year. The city government organized planting trees as a chance of education for citizens. At the… Read more »

The earth centre in England inquired about the project in 1997. They saw Miyajima’s exhibition in that they informed about kaki tree project in London and applied for it. The earth centre was still under contemplation to build at Doncaster in England. They were going to build Children’s forest inside of a theme park that provides a chance to watch nature. Ms. Susanna Robinson, who was the staff of the earth centre project and applied for the kaki tree project, understood the meaning of the project well. She proposed some plans to make children concern with kaki trees. For insistence, organizing a tour to see the tree and talk about… Read more »

Strasbourg is the first foreign town where received kaki trees from Nagasaki. The beginning of this planting was Tatsuo Miyajima’s exhibition held at the Cartier foundation French in April of 1996. At the opening party, Miyajima met Ms. Catherine Grout who is an art historian, and talked about the kaki tree project. Ms. Grout was interested in it because she had participated various projects, which relate to city or nature. After having conversation about nuclear-weapons test and nuclear war, Ms. Grout introduced a project about urban design in Strasbourg at June of 1997. Miyajima argued about this with members of executive committee and introduced Ms. Grout’s project to staff of… Read more »

The international art exhibition, “The Edge of Awareness”, was held from April 1998 through 1999 at WHO headquarters in Geneva as the memorial event. Before opening of the exhibition, The Bombed Kaki tree Jr. was planted in front yard of WHO headquarters in April 18th, 1998. Ms. Adelina von Furstenberg who was an organizer of the exhibition initiated planting a kaki tree. This came up with the content of exhibition that including finding new receivers of kaki trees. Following speeches from Dr. Ebinuma, Ms. Hiromi Ebinuma, and Mr. Crisel who was the director of health and environments department, messages from the Mayor and the governor of Nagasaki were introduced in… Read more »

Yanaka is the town where old cityscape was saved and still has communication among people who live there as it always has been. The project in this town started from the exhibition of Kaki Tree Project Report at gallery CASA in Yanaka. After exhibition, the Yanaka Kaki tree network was formed. Workshops and exhibitions by them spread sympathy for the kaki trees among people in Yanaka. As the result, the club whish elementary students so after school was set at the Yanaka Community Center. Then finally, planting kaki tree 　came true at there. At the planting ceremony, the baby kaki tree was given to the town and many people who… Read more »

Akita prefecture has been attacked while World war 2 although it is located at north part of Japan where had little experience of the war. But unfortunately, that experience has been forgotten. Soto-Asahikawa Pre School applied to the project because they wished it brings the memory of war to children and makes every generation to think about the world peace. So they prepared to plant the trees and applied to the committee. They planned some events that whole students of the Pre School could participate for the planting ceremony. They announced name of the kaki tree and had time capsule ready to put drawings by children. At the last part… Read more »

Ryuhoku public elementary school is the first participants of project that planted “Bombed Kaki Tree Jr.” in their school in March 5th, 1999. Ms. Yuko Hatakeyama, a teacher who saw an article on the newspaper and 16 students of third grade wanted to raise a kaki tree. Their wish was made come true when the tree-planting ceremony, “meet the KAKI”, was held. They named one kaki tree as “Kaki-Kaki-kun”, and the other as “Yume-Kaki-chan”. Kaki-Kaki-kun means bombed kaki tree and its junior. And they placed their hopes in Yume-Kaki chan. (Yume means dream in Japanese.) At the same time, Miyajima and students held a workshop to think about Kaki tree… Read more »