tree project

本日は広島原爆忌です。我が家にあるNYの砂入博史さん のTree Projectの柿の木の今の姿です。５月頃の嵐の後一 部の葉が枯れ落ちてどうなるか心配したのですが、また新 しい葉を出そうとしています。安心しました。写真を良く 見て下い。 世界平和を祈ります！！安保法案反対！！

竹澤雄三氏と被曝樹木3世アオギリくん。 袋町公園、広島にて。 Yuso Takesawa and his Hibaku 3rd generation Chinese Parasol tree at Fukuromachi park, Hiroshima. https://instagram.com/p/4N2Gx4giLx/

大きな鉢に植え替えられた被曝銀杏2世銀杏の苗と栃窪康一さん。末長くよろしくお願いしますね！福島にて。 Mr. Yasuichi Tochikubo - with his newly adopted second generation seedling of a Hibaku Ginkgo tree. Look forward to the growth for years to come! In Fukushima. https://instagram.com/p/4auOI1AiEF/

Dear Hiroshi, The camphor seedling is very happy at his/her temporary site , while we wait to take it to Tigre. My daughter came the other day to see it and said, "it is the TOTORO tree!" And is true, TOTORO, the anime character from Hayao Miyazaki film, lives in a giant camphor treeJ!!! Kind regards, Alberto Gesualdi

In hibakutrees.tumblr.com , you can see pictures of the Hibaku trees in Hiroshima, the trees' approximate distances to the hypocenter and their locations.  タンブラー  hibakutrees.tumblr.com では被曝樹木の写真の記録、爆心地からの距離、樹木の場所等が記録されています。

Dear Hiroshi Today we received the tree from seeds of Peace.  Mr. Bernal and Mr. Matayoshi were at the ceremony. We will keep the seedling temporarily at our inner garden, then to take it out later to a special place built for it, finally to have it at our Tigre new factory! Thank you for your help and commitment throughout all, it has been valuable time with you on our side J ! Kind regards, Alberto Gesualdi

A crucial new issue of Evening Will Come is out, compiled and edited by Brandon Shimoda in remembrance of the 70th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki... Tree Project text piece - a special mention on the Poetry Foundation's blog "Also captivating is this epistolary exchange (with a genuinely touching ending) between an Argentinian man requesting Hibaku tree seeds from Japan’s Tree Project, so he may “nurture and plant in the new site of our company, at Tigre County, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.” The delivery of the seeds through customs and without governmental assistance proves so tricky that the once-simple project turns into somewhat of a saga, with the repetition of the Japanese proverb “Everything arrives for those who wait,” pictures of their children, architectural plans, and discussions about film." http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2015/08/special-issue-of-evening-will-come-focuses-on-70th-anniversary-of-hiroshima-nagasaki-bombin

an online poetry, text magazine, The Volta, Issue 56 | August 2015 , honoring the 70th anniversary of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki compiled and edited by  Brandon Shimoda contributed by  Ryuichi Sakamoto 坂本龍一 Elin Slavick Roland Barth Joy Division ...many more and myself 日系２世のブランドンのブランドン下田氏が手がける詩と文のオンライン雑誌 The Volta, Issue 56 | August 2015は、広島長崎被曝７０周年に捧げる号となっております。 私もアルゼンチンのアルバートさんの被曝樹木を手に入れる為のアドベンチャーについてコントリビューションしてます。 My piece is of a collection of email communications between Alberto Gesualdi, Julio Berman and myself for Alberto to acquire a Hibaku seedling in Argentina, "Planting a Hibaku Tree in Argentina." (featuring Christian Holstad) The photograph above, Christian with Keloidal Scars, was taken by Shōmei Tōmatsu (1930-2012) in Nagasaki, 1961. Photo Credit: Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY.

Hi Hiroshi, Thanks for your recommendations re; Hiroshima :) I think I saw my little guys papa while I was there. What a truly magical and special place, I will go back again, next time for a longer period of time. I really, really loved it there! I also went to Miya-Jima (Miya Island), I will go back there as well, during the evening when all of the tours have left. Peace, Steve.