Mr. Dulio Zogno, artist from Brescia, have longed for planting of Kaki tree, since he encountered a child of atomic bombed kaki tree at Japan pavilion in Venice biennale in 1999. He was so enthousiastic that he asked several time to the Instituto Giapponese di Cultura in Roma how to realize.
He proposed to the city of Brescia, an art studio, photographer Flavio Bonetti, artists’ group “Grafo”, architects Paola Visano and Bernard Vecchi, as well as to the youth section of the city’s education board to have a local executive committee to realize the planting. They planted the tree at St Gulia Museum, which had once been used as a monasty for more than 1000 years. It is located in the center of the city, close to Cidneo hill, and experienced a long history of the town.
The planting ceremony took place in the yard of the museum with a lot of participants. Poetry reading and chorus by junior high school students, they planted Kaki tree according to “Sakura Sakura” song in Japanese by children. After poetry reading by elementary students, all participants sang “ we are the world” together. Lastly, Dulio Zogno, who made this project possible, presented a speech about his strong passion for Kaki Tree. Kaki tree was planted in the center of the courtyard and became familiar to the local citizens by Brescia. An anniversary event took place on the 25th April in 2007.
