PlantingCeremony

2006

Revive Time・Kaki Tree ProjectINDEX
26 MarUpdated in 2020

Edgerton Cemetery
Huddersfield, UK27 May

Yokohama Civic Gallery Azamino
Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa,Japan

05 JunGiovanni Pascoli Primary School
San Giuliano Terme, PI,Italy

09 JunBoden Lake
Kreuzlingen, Switzerland

11 SepPuerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art
San Juan, Puerto Rico

Koto Children’s Park
Ogaki-shi, Gifu,Japan

Kamiishizu Elementary School
Ogaki-shi, Gifu,JapanAsanaka Park
Ogaki-shi, Gifu,Japan

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Edgerton Cemetery
UKHuddersfield
26 Mar 2006

Mr Jonathan Adamson, whoinitiated the planting at
Edgerton Cemetery on 26thMarch 2006, applied foranother planting. Mr Adamson
has been promoting theproject in the area where helives since the first planting in2006 and has sent a numberof letters introducing the Kaki
Tree Project to more than adozen neighboring schools
and churches. Two places
among those have expressed their keen

tree planting ceremony on the 24th ofinterest in the project and the planting finally

February was held at the primary school andtook place at Fylingdales Church of Englandan original story based on a Japanese old

Voluntary Controlled Primary School. Thestory of Benkei and Yoshitsune was told. Inschool is located in northern England.

the story, Benkei and Yoshitsune became
friends again in the end because of a kaki

The planting related events took place fortree. Then the kaki tree was planted as a

two days, on 24th and 27th of February. The

choir from the town sang.

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Yokohama Civic
Gallery Azamino
JapanYokohama-shi, Kanagawa
27 May 2006

at neighboring Terahara Elementary School.
At the tree planting ceremony on 12thFebruary, pupils from two 5th grade classes
planted the tree with other participants. Mrand Mrs Tokuura and Mr Toru Nukui, the PTA
president of Toride Daini Junior High Schoolat that time and who initiated the planting,also attended the ceremony. Children firstwatched the Kaki Tree Project DVD at theassembly room and then moved to theAlthough two kaki trees were planted atschoolyard to plant the kaki tree, which

Toride Daini Junior High School on 20thlooked still thin even though it had become

February 2004, one of them almost died.

much better. Each child put soil over the tree.

Mr and Mrs Tokuura, then PTA members,

At the end, there was a group photo shoot.

took a great care of the tree for 5 years
at home and wonderfully revived the tree.

Everyone including Mr and Mrs Tokuura will

It was their wish to plant this tree at anwatch over the tree so that the tree canelementary school, which led to the planting

firmly take root in Terahara Primary School.

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Giovanni Pascoli
Primary SchoolItaly
San Giuliano Terme, PI5 Jun 2006

Istituto Comprensivo “G.B. Niccolini” learned

the tree was planted in the middle of theabout the Kaki Tree Project from a person inschoolyard, within the big fence that was madePoggibonsi, Italy where the tree planting took

especially for the seedling. During the planting, aplace on 1st of April 2000 and they wanted totrumpet song called “Silenzio” was performed andhave the tree planted in their city as well, so Mr.

created a solemn atmosphere. Then, the Kaki Tree

Andrea Famiglietti, principal of the school, andProject and its local office exchanged a plaqueMs. Sonia Pieraccioni, project leader, applied forand the project’s wrapping cloth, and concluded

the project. Giovanni Battista Niccolini School isthe ceremony with taking ceremonial photos. Fora public school, which consists of 10 individual

this ceremony, Ms. Masako Suzuki, who helped

schools, with about 1,200 students ages fromus at the tree planting ceremony in the republic of

3 to 19 and is the second largest school in theSan Marino, helped again as an interpreter.

province of Pisa. As the planting site, one of the10 schools, the schoolyard of Givanni Pascoli

The other tree will be planted in the Peace Park

Elementary School was chosen. On the day ofin the city of San Giuliano Terme.

the tree planting ceremony, a big persimmon
tree and olives were painted on the wall of theFrom 6pm on the same day of the tree planting,entrance of the school and large drawings done

”Briciole di Pace,” an annual event whichby children were displayed in the schoolyard.

is held at the end of a school year with thetheme of peace, was held in the schoolyard

Children of Giovanni Battista Niccolini Schoolof G.B. Niccolini School Main Building. This

gathered to the site one after another by bus.

year’s theme was persimmon tree and theAfter the Japanese and Italian national anthems

event featured singing, dancing and artworks

were performed, there were speeches given

by children and students from kindergarten toby the deputy mayor, concerned parties andhigh school. Everything was inspired by peace

Mr. Ebinuma and then the song “Il dottore e leand persimmon tree, and the event was a hugepiantine” and a cute dance were performed bysuccess with 1,400 visitors from the city.

the children of Agnano Kindergarten. Afterward
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Switzerland
Kreuzlingen
9 Jun 2006

Kreuzlingen is a beautiful city located onChildren took turns in putting soil in a pot

the Bodensee, on the border with Germany,with both hands. Considering that theabout 60 km away from Zurich. The person

temperature goes down to -10 degrees

who applied for the project is Ms. Colina A.

Celsius during the winter there, they will see

Blanco W., who learned about the Kaki Tree

how well the tree can adapt after planting it

Project on the BBC website and discussed

in a big pot and putting inside the glasshouseplans of workshop and planting site with herfor three years. After the tree planting,friend, Mr. Walter Bartschi. They asked thechildren together played the song “Sakuracity of Kreuzlingen for their cooperation soSakura,” sang a song and read their poems,

the project was realized. The planting sitewhich was followed by a speech given by

is a vast garden of a mansion nestled along

Mr. Ebinuma. Following a jambe performance,

the Bodensee, which is now owned by thepresentation of Kaki-no-ki Furoshiki

university, and the well-kept garden is under(Persimmon wrapping cloth) and a speech

the management of the city of Kreuzlingen.

made by Ms. Colina A. Blanco W., finally,children put 1,000 origami cranes aroundChildren from neighboring elementary schools

the seedling, concluding the ceremony. Theand many people from the city of Kreuzlingenseedling looked very beautiful surrounded

including the mayor and manager from city’sby the colorful origami cranes. Those 1,000

education division ( 市の教育課長 ) attended

origami cranes, based on the Sadako’s Story,

the tree planting ceremony. After an opening

were made prior to the ceremony by theaddress given by Mr. Walter Bartschi, there

children at four elementary schools, each

was a traditional sitar music performance of

pupil making three of them.

Nepal and then the tree planting followed.

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Puerto Rico Museum ofContemporary Art
Puerto Rico
San Juan
11 Sept 2006

Puerto Rico’s annual mean temperature is about 25 degrees Celsius and there
is one rainy season and one dry season annually. The person who applied forthe project was artist Ms. Elias Adasme Apablaza. As Ms. Elias took the lead,
Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art, Amnesty International Puerto Ricoand several other cultural agencies cooperated and joined, and proceeded withthe preparations for the tree planting to be held at the garden of the museum.
Since Ms. Elias strongly desired to plant the tree on 11th of September forworld peace, the seedling was sent from Japan to Puerto Rico in the springtime when transport of it was possible, and it was stored in a safe place in a
pot from April until September.
The garden of the museum was a huge and beautiful, and many children
gathered to attend the ceremony. Children covered the seedling with soil andtree planting was carried out without any trouble. A few children who dressedas persimmons were cute and left an impression on us.
After the tree planting ceremony, the Kaki Tree Project exhibition was also
held from 15th of September through 22nd of October. Ms. Elias wishes toplant the seedling in her home country of Chile as well.

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