tree project

A few days ago, I received in the mail another shipment of  Hibaku seeds  – two more  ginkgo  and two jujube  – from my friend Hiroshi Sunairi, he of Tree Project Film fame. In the package was a screener of Hiroshi’s film, and it is beautiful and thoughtful and has a gentle rhythm, and the skies and clouds of Hiroshima remind me of the skies in Miyakazi films, and many of the Hibaku Trees are camphor besides – recall that in Tonari no Totoro/My Neighbor Totoro, Satsuki and Mei move into the Japanese countryside, a giant camphor tree nearby being one of their father’s main reasons for choosing the house. Click here to go to Zack's full article

Planted on April 1st, 2014. Expected to sprout this month. Will update on the progress. ---Satomi