Category: Planting Ceremony

Primary school in Sopraponte is one of the schools that belongs to the Comprehensive School in Gavardo, and the planting at the school was initiated by Ms. Nicoli Emilia, who initiated the planting at the secondary school in Gavardo, Brescia, as well. As a war-time command center was recently discovered in Gavardo, locals’ hope for peace is growing. Teachers also have strong aspirations to teach their pupils peace and ethnic friendship through the planting of the kaki tree. The tree planting ceremony was held in the open space in front of the school building and kindergarten pupils were also invited. The workshop mainly consisted of recorder and singing performances by… Read more »

Green space where the kaki tree was planted lies between “Gianni Rodari” Primary School, and “Antonio Gramsci” Lower Secondary School, both of which are comprehensive schools located in the city center. The city of Roncadelle applied for the Project. The tree planting ceremony was attended by pupils from both schools and “Ode to Joy” was performed after child mayor’s greeting. Dr. Ebinuma and then the mayor made speeches. Mainly, primary school pupils helped plant the tree and held the flags of Japan and Italy. After they put soil over the tree roots with their bare hands, they bowed like Japanese and thanked Dr. Ebinuma by saying it in Japanese “Arigato.”… Read more »

The planting in the kindergarten yard of Sonico kindergarten was initiated by Mr. Giacomo Fanetti, a retired local resident. Mr. Fanetti hopes that each of the children and youth who are going to live there have an interest in the idea of “peace” and want these children to become familiar with this important value. He had contacted local primary school teachers so that themes related to peace would be taken in the class and ask them to teach tolerance, acceptance of God, settlement of dispute through dialog and peaceful exchange of opinions during the class. The planting ceremony was first held inside the kindergarten’s classroom. Pupils from the kindergarten and… Read more »

San Giovanni Square was used to be occupied by residences but in 1908, a phychiatric hospital was built, which was administered first by the municipal office, the provincial government, then by the University of Trieste, and the square is now open to the public and serves the community. There is a rose garden with 5,000 varieties of roses where local children, and the elderly can relax and enjoy. Ms. Tiziana Volta, editor of an Italian magazine called “Gardenia,” has applied for the plantings at Parco San Giovanni as well as Conservatorio Botanico della Valle d’Itria, Province of Brindisi, Italy, and the National Gallery in Kabul, Afghanistan. About 30 people from… Read more »

Over the years, Gerolamo Cardano High School has been supporting the projects that evaluate historical events, with contributions from IpR (the Pedagogical Institute of Resistance) and ANPI (the National Association of the Italian Partisans), especially those related to concentration camps or by visiting the concentration camp in Auschwitz. The school applied for the Kaki Tree Project because by deepening the learning of the tragedy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and through knowledge and recollection of the events, they want to prevent it from happening again. High school teacher Ms. Daniela Campiotti applied for the Project but the entire school welcomed the kaki tree. Prior to the tree planting ceremony on 13… Read more »

Mr. Shinichi Yano, who teaches at the two kindergartens as art teacher applied for the Project. Mr. Yano has also applied for the plantings at Yumenomori Kindergarten on 13 May 2005 and Yokohama Civic Art Gallery Azamino on 9 June 2006, and has been engaging in the kindergarten art education over many years. The 26 alumni of the Green Hill Kindergarten and their parents came by bus from Hachioji. The Tama Art University students also came to offer their help. As the children arrived there, the Beckway house, which is located in a quiet mountainous area, at once turned into a lively place filled with children, and then the tree-planting… Read more »

Tree Planting Ceremonies in Six Districts of Takaho Region, Suzaka City, Nagano Prefecture (Districts of Nobe, Muraishi-machi, Kami-Haccho, Shimo-Haccho, Bogakudai, Myotoku) Mr. Seiji Arai, who read the article on the Kaki Tree Project in the Shinano Mainichi Shimbun, applied for the Project. The planting took place on 1 March 2001 at Takaho Elementary School in Suzaka City. Members of the Takaho regional development committee had been watching over the two kaki trees since its planting in 2001. Since the trees have started producing fruit, locals took initiatives in passing on the story of the seedlings of the bombed kaki tree to children through a kaki fruit peeling competition and other… Read more »

Mr. Takeya Kaburaki, President of Kabuchan Nouen (Farm) had an interest in the Kaki Tree Project, and he went to see the kaki tree planted in the Finsbury Park when he visited London in 2009 on his business trip. Then, he also visited the kaki trees planted at Takaho Elementary School in Suzaka City, Nagano Prefecture as well as Ryuhoku Park in Taito-Ku, Tokyo. He has been supporting the Project since then in many ways by publishing an article on the Kaki Tree Project in the company’s PR magazine, launching a photo rally on the website, and handing out the leaflets of foster parent recruitment at local events. Although he… Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

A series of tree planting ceremonies were held in 8 locations in the Province of Brescia, Italy and this is one of them. The last tree planting ceremony in the Province of Brescia was held at Centro Nautico Scout near Lake Iseo. This is the place where boy scout activities are conducted and about 2,000 boy scout members per year come here from all over Europe to camp from Spring to Autumn. Being near a lake, children can experience kayaking and yacht sailing, which help them grow. Drawings of peace and war were on exhibit at the venue and they demonstrated their active engagement for the project even before the… Read more »