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During a Hiroshima and Nagasaki commemoration event at the historic Japanese Friendship Garden & Museum of San Diego, visitors gathered beneath a Hiroshima-origin Kusunoki, to share their hopes for a more peaceful future. This survivor camphor tree, donated in 2014 by GLH, continues to inspire and connect people across generations and borders.
GLH Coordinator Dr. Nassrine Azimi visited the Japanese Friendship Garden & Museum of San Diego in late August. Pictured left: Nassrine Azimi, Luanne Kanzawa, Momoka Nakajima, Benancio Carreno.
Guided by Executive Director Luanne Kanzawa and staff Momoka Nakajima GLH coordinator Nassrine Azimi recently visited the Japanese Friendship Garden Society of San Diego to see the saplings she had brought in 2015. The Camphor tree is thriving, the Ginkgo, Wisteria, and Aogiri still waiting for a site most suited for the long term, watched over with attention and affection by the JFG’s master gardener.
Camphor sapling in the Japanese Friendship Garden (JFG) has grown into a large tree. In meeting with president of JFG board of trustees, and the executive director, GLH and SDBG were briefed of initiative to spread the seeds of Hiroshima trees each year to five schools in the San Diego School District.
In the Japanese Friendship Garden of San Diego, the second generation camphor tree -- growing strong!
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