PlantingCeremony

2019

Revive Time・Kaki Tree ProjectINDEX
16 MarUpdated in 2020

A park located in Zanardelli, NaveNave, BS, Italy

22 MarIstituto Comprensivo “G. Marconi”
Modena, MO, Italy

23 MarVescovato Kindergarten
Vescovato, CR, Italy

28 MarM. L. King Elementary School
Grugliasco, TO, Italy

30 MarIstituto Comprensivo of Passirano
Passirano, BS, Italy

02 AprMusic and Human Sciences “Paolina Secco Suardo” High School
Bergamo, BG, Italy

06 AprAlexander Langer Park

1234567Liscate, MI, Italy

22 AprPeyo Yavorov Language SchoolSilistra, Bulgaria

27 AprComprehensive School of A. Busciolano
Potenza, PZ, Italy

29 AprOrmea Botanical GardenOrmea, CU, Italy

08 May3o Gymnasio Kalamatas Middle School
Kalamata, Greece

Oct

Hotel “Il Salviatino”
Fiesole, FI, Italy

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A park located inZanardelli, Nave
Italy
Nave, BS
16 March, 2019

Prior to the planting ceremony, an opening

and students ofceremony of an exhibition of works createdintegrated municipalby pupils of the G. Rodari Kindergarten wasschools of Nave, asheld at the Zanardelli House. This exhibition

well as interested

was titled as “Regeneration,” supervised byparties from thethird-grade students in Nave, and held on

Zanardelli House

four days on two weekends: March 16, 17,(G.A.V.), members

23, and 24.

of the Movimiento
Cristiano Liberación

The planting ceremony that followed the(MCL), Naveexhibition was supervised by the G. Rodari

municipal library staff, St. Cecillia MusicalKindergarten, fourth-grade students inBand members, members of La Vela/Nave, and G. Galilei Junior High School. The

Futura cooperative associations, school

ceremony was attended by all the teachers

councilors, interested parties from Lessard
Gallery of Pictures by Childrenin Developmental Phases,
and volunteers from variousorganizations who hadsupported and would continue
to support the project.
At the planting ceremony, anursery rhyme created by 5-yearold pupils at Rodari Kindergarten
titled “Kaki of Nagazaki” wassang. After the planting of thekaki sapling, a march for peace
was also conducted.

Revive Time: Kaki Tree Project | 2019 Planting Ceremony1Istituto Comprensivo"G. Marconi"
Italy
Modena, MO
22 March, 2019

Modena is a province next to Bologna. The planting ceremony
held on March 22 at Comprehensive School of G. Marconi,
one of the ten comprehensive schools in Modena, wasattended by about 150 people including students, teachers,
and guardians.
After offering of congratulations from the city mayor, a message
from Mr. Ebinuma was read out by the school principal.
Prior to the planting, the kaki sapling was named “Kibo”(hope) by students’ voting, which was disclosed to attendees
at the ceremony.
The planting was conducted in the schoolyard and celebrated
by music performance by students surrounding the kaki tree.
After the planting, the school takes great care of the sapling.

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Vescovato Kindergarten
Italy
Vescovato, CR
23 March, 2019

In 2016/2017, a fruit farm was opened in the premise of
Vescovato Kindergarten. Operations of the fruit farm arebased on participation of local organizations and this uniquescheme of the farm has attracted attention from various
institutions in Italy.
The kindergarten resolved to plant the second generation
A-bombed kaki sapling as its educational initiative in
2018/2019 and promote various projects in line with thisunder the theme of peace and reconstruction. The planting
ceremony was held on March 23, 2019 and attended bymany people from neighboring communities.

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"M.L. King" Elementary School
Italy
Grugliasco, TO28 March, 2019

Promptly after the approval of theirwelcomed the sapling with loud applause.

application for planting, teachers at the M.L.

By the date of the planting ceremony, children

King Elementary School started preparing forat the school studied history of the A-bombed

various educational activities for children totree and the unique value and meaning of thewelcome the sapling for months. The projecttree got more and more people involved in thewas also supported by the municipality ofproject. For the planting ceremony scheduled

Grugliasco, the city mayor Roberto Montà,

for March 28, the first- and second-grade

the education councilor Dr. Guarino, thestudents created posters about peace while

agricultural university via Prof. Greeno

the third-grade students studied various(Director of the Agroinnova Center), Dr.

ways of growing kaki saplings and createda wall art with children’sdeclaration for peace. The
fourth-grade students wrote
a play about the historyof kaki in Nagasaki and aletter for preservation of theEarth, which was read out
and handed over to the city
mayor during the ceremony.
Children’s works were all

Bertetti (in agriculture), Dr. Masino, and Mrs.

exhibited at the “Peace: Regeneration ofKazue Fukumoto, the peace ambassador ofTimes” and appreciated also by their families.

Collegno Peace Factory.
At the planting ceremony held on March 28,
Prior to the planting, the kaki sapling waschildren wearing the color of peace gathered at

named “Heiwa” (peace) by voting of students

the planting site in the schoolyard. After guestof all grades of the school in the week ofspeeches, children meditated on the sapling

January 21.

and welcomed the tree of peace by singing
songs, reading poems, and performing andWhen the second generation A-bombed

appreciating the fourth-grade students’ playkaki sapling finally arrived at the elementary

about the history of kaki in Nagasaki. Then, theschool on February 13, children and teachers

planting was finally conducted in “peace.”

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Italy
Passirano, BS30 March, 2019

At the Passirano Comprehensive School, students were engaged in preliminary
learning prior to the planting ceremony, in which they created messages andpaintings by classes. On the day of the planting ceremony, all membersof the comprehensive school attended the ceremony. On the fence of theschoolyard, large national flags of Japan and Italy along with a big painting
created by children were displayed. After children’s flute performance,speeches were delivered by Mr. Alanchesco, the city mayor, and therepresentative from Japanese Consulae. Then, attendees marched together
to the schoolyard, holding a large flag of “Peace.”
Children put a painting they drew around their neck and gathered together
around the kaki sapling. They sang songs, read poetries, and planted the kaki
sapling with care. Then, each guest was called and received an original T-shirt.

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5Music and Human Sciences“ Paolina Secco Suardo”
High SchoolItalyBergamo, BG
2 April, 2019

The planting at the Music and Human Sciences High Schoolof Paolina Secco Suardo was organized as primarily initiatedby the Associazione KOKORO, an organization promoting
Japan-Italy cultural exchanges.
On March 18, a preliminary lecture was provided to 100
representative students including class presidents withpresence of the Principal Mastrorocco and Ms. Marzia
Marchesi, the president of the municipal assembly of Bergamo.
The lecture was about the A-bombing over Hiroshima andNagasaki and peace activities of the Kaki Tree Project.
The planting ceremony was held in front of the high school
entrance on April 2. During the ceremony, kaki sapling wasplanted while students performed wind instrument music.

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6Alexander Langer Park
Italy
Liscate, MI
6 April, 2019

Prior to the planting, students at two schools in リスカート
engaged in diverse preliminary learning activities, including
watching a picture-story show and making small colorful flags
with small kids (ages of 2-6). Children drew pictures on theflags and how those flags were displayed was communicatedthrough Facebook many times.
The planting ceremony was held in a new park in thecity on April 6, which was named after an Italian pacifist
Alexander Langer.
In the park, the flags madeby children were displayed
for the planting ceremony
and the kaki sapling wasplanted by the city mayor andrepresentatives of guardians.
The planting ceremony wasreported by a local newspaper
in relation to friendshipbetween Japan and Italy.

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Peyo Yavorov Language SchoolBulgariaSilistra
22 April, 2019

The Peyo Yavorov Language School takes

the Kaki Treepart in the ERASMUS program together

Project withwith six schools in EU. Objectives of theabundant

ERASMUS program are: (1) to improve

photos, texts,quality of exchanges among students andand DVD

teachers across Europe on a larger scale; (2)materials,

to improve quality and scale of multinationalsuch as how

cooperation among European higher

the project was initiated, atomic bombs, theeducation institutions; (3) to improve andcountry, and even recipes of kaki foods.

grow cooperative relationships among higher
education institutions and enterprises; andSome students also interact with students(4) to make innovations penetrating throughof other schools through the Kaki Tree

European universities and expand systems

Project and they reported on the exchange inand support for new ways of education.

their class. Then, the planting was done byThus, the school applied for the planting

teachers and students at the language school

together with other schools participating inon April 22. Posters and kaki tree objects

the ERASMUS program.

created by students for the ceremony wereexhibited on the International Day of Living

Prior to the planting ceremony scheduled

Together in Peace on May 16.

for April 22, students studied a lot about

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8Comprehensive Schoolof A. Busciolano
Italy
Potenza, PZ
27 Apr, 2019

The planting ceremony was held on April 27 at the teachinggarden in Potenza.
Five elementary school classes and three junior high schoolclasses from four schools participated in the ceremony, inwhich the kaki sapling was planted.
At the ceremony, a wall painting was released. In the press
release, Ms. Lucia Girolamo, the school manager, expressed
her appreciation to Prof. Franca Volonnino and Prof. Maria
Antonietta for their contribution for the collaboration and Ms.
Vincenza Molinari conveyed a message that the kaki tree
would give people power to overcome any difficulties.

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9Ormea Botanical Garden
Italy
Ormea, CU
29 April, 2019

The planting ceremony held on April 29
was organized by the Cultural Association
ウルメタ and the municipality of Ormea,
attended by representatives of the city
council, the Cultural Association ウルメタ , anvolunteer association White Cross, National
Association of Alpine Expeditions, the local
fire department association, groups of pupils
from nurseries, elementary and junior highschools, and a forestry school in Ormea,
and representative children from schools ofneighboring municipality Garessio.
At the planting ceremony, a memorial lecture
was delivered by the mayor of Ormea along with opening addresses byrepresentatives of participating organizations. Elementary school students
holding national flags of all the countries across the globe sang a song about
friendship and each of them placed a stone with his/her name around thesapling. Junior highs school students read out poems in the haiku style andstudents of the forestry school sang Pierangelo Bertoli’s Yet the wind stillblows. All attendees had a lunch together and each received a memorial
brooch for commemoration of the kaki tree planting.

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3o Gymnasio Kalamatas
Middle School
GreeceKalamata
8 May, 2019

Kalamata 3o Gymnasium Middle School, together with five EU schools,
participates in the Erasmus Project (founded in 1987 and aimed at promoting
student mobility in the EU), "Making Peace with the idea that all humanbeings are brothers". The aim of this activity is to make students aware of
the value of peace. We understand that the concepts of friendship, dialogue,
mutual trust, cooperation, unity and democracy are directly related to thevalues of peace. We also believe that it is necessary to understand frompast experiences how harmful and destructive war is to humans and theenvironment. Kaki tree that survived the bombing in Nagasaki gave humanity
hope to live, and planting a kaki tree in the schoolyard will plant a seed ofpeace in the hearts of the students. For this reason, they have signed up toplant a tree.
For the tree planting ceremony on May 8, we organized a workshop in
collaboration with the art and music teachers. Workshops were held to makethe shape of a peace symbol and a lotus flower out of clay, and to paint on
paper and walls with the theme "The Power of Life - Seeds of Peace". They
wrote a short report imagining how people will coexist in the next ten years
and the report will be placed in a plastic bottle near a tree and buried.

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11Hotel“ Il Salviatino”
Italy
Fiesole, FI
Oct, 2019

The concept of the hotel "Il Salviatino" is to pursue the proper relationshipbetween man and nature. In addition to the seven hectares of garden, thehotel has a sunny agricultural plot where it has begun to grow crops. The
farmland has the significance of being in harmony with nature and is a place
where human activities and workshops are held. For the hotel, the kaki tree
becomes a symbol of the universal values of peace and permanence. And
those values are the foundation for a mature consciousness.
At the hotel, we believe in providing spaces and moments for children,communicating the idea of peace, and enriching the journey by making thetree a memorable experience for them. We want to provide children aroundthe world with tangible experiences that are embodied in trees. We will beinviting schools in Fiesole and Florence to our hotel to introduce them to thekaki tree. Children from Fiesole schools will be invited to the tree planting
ceremony. After the tree planting, we plan to invite the children of Fiesole toparticipate in an annual meeting to tell stories about peace and the kaki tree.

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