The tree planting ceremony was held at Karako Primary School in 2007. Every year a workshop conducted by Anken Kidani is held for pupils to learn about the kaki trees planted in the school ground.
A workshop for 3 combined classes was held in cooperation with the municipal office of Higashimatsuyama-City. Pupils learned about the kaki tree, atomic bomb and peace by watching the picture-card show “Kaki Tree Parent and Child” by Mr. Kidani and then they look at the trees in the school ground. Mr. Kidani handed out green and orange papers to the pupils and asked them “to cut out your feelings as if you were the kaki tree.” The pupils cut out the papers freely and pasted snippets on them. Mr. Kidani then announced that “those you’ve just made will be your masks.” The pupils put rubber bands at both sides of the mask and made some holes that became eyes and mouth, so their own unique masks were made.
Those pieces made during the workshop will be exhibited in October at the 10th anniversary of the tree planting at Tsukioka Primary School in Niigata.
