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Sacramento in Georgetown, CA: Mr. Green Thumb, Zack Dowell's Hibaku Ginkgo and Jujube planting

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

Tree Project in Okinawa, Japan: Satomi Shimoji's Ginkgo and Jujube seeds planted

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