[Hino City Hall] “Hino City Declaration for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons and Peaceful City” 40th Anniversary Conclusion “Tree Planting by Atomic Bomb Survivor Aogiri II”
*Hino City Hall*
Press release: August 15, 2024
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40th Anniversary of “Hino City Declaration of the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons and Peaceful City” “Planting of Trees by Ao-bomb Survivor Aogiri II”
On Sunday, September 8, 2020, from 2:00 p.m., a peace dispatch project report meeting and a tree-planting event for Aogiri II, an atomic bomb survivor, will be held at Hino City Hall.
On the day of the event, 11 elementary and junior high school students who visited peace-related facilities in Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Okinawa during their summer vacation will present their experiences at a peace dispatch project report session. This will be followed by a video message from Hiroshima City Mayor Kazumi Matsui, and a tree planting event will be held at Hino Central Park, opposite Hino City Hall.
At the tree-planting event, the mayor of Hino, the chairman of the Hino City Council, 11 elementary and junior high school students, and a group of students from the Faculty of Humanities at Meisei University planted saplings of the atomic bomb survivor Aogiri II, a gift from Hiroshima, and proclaimed the Hino City Declaration as a Peaceful City for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons. I pray for the abolition of nuclear weapons and lasting world peace. The general public can also participate in tree planting.
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In October 2020, Hino City celebrated the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Hino City Declaration for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons and a Peaceful City, and for the past two years, we have held meetings to exchange opinions to learn about the origins of the declaration and pass it on to the future. To commemorate the 40th anniversary and renewing our commitment to passing on the Peace Declaration to the future, we decided to plant a second-generation atomic bomb survivor Aogiri tree to conclude the anniversary project. Despite suffering the devastation of the atomic bombing, the Aogiri tree in Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park has sprouted again from its charred trunk, giving citizens courage and hope for life. Today, it has become a symbol of hope for the abolition of nuclear weapons and lasting world peace.
The Mayors for Peace (Hiroshima City), of which Hino City is a member, takes seeds from atomic-bombed Aogiri trees in Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park, grows them as seedlings, and distributes them to member cities that wish to do so. We will welcome this special sapling to Hino City, plant it in Hino Central Park, and grow our wishes for peace into the future.
This is the first and only opportunity for Hino City’s municipal government to plant Aogiri II trees that survived the atomic bombing. Please consider publishing this article.
schedule
Date and time: Sunday, September 8, 2020, 14:00-15:45
Location: Hino City Hall, 1st floor space in front of the citizen counter section (1-12-1 Shinmei, Hino City)
Contents Greetings from Hino Mayor Fuyuhiko Otsubo
-Part 1-
Peace dispatch project report session: 11 elementary and junior high school students
-Part 2-
Video message from Hiroshima City Mayor Kazumi Matsui
A story about Aogiri II, an atomic bomb survivor, told by a group of Meisei University students.
Tree planting by atomic bomb survivor Aogiri II (at Hino Central Park) Apply by phone or QR code/URL by August 30th (Friday).
*If you would like to be interviewed on the day, please contact us by Wednesday, September 4th.
Peace dispatch project report meeting
During summer vacation, 11 elementary and junior high school students visited Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Okinawa with their parents and toured war-related facilities. Children will report on what they felt in a special place where the suffering and sadness of war and the atomic bomb are inherited.
Message from Hiroshima City Mayor Kazumi Matsui
We would like to hear from Aogiri, a second-generation survivor of the atomic bombing, who shares his thoughts on the seedlings and his message to the citizens of Hino.
A story about Aogiri II, an atomic bomb survivor, told by a group of Meisei University students.
Students who are researching the damage caused by the atomic bomb actually travel to Hiroshima to talk about the results of their research and study on how the atomic bombed trees are being protected by the citizens of Hiroshima, and to convey the thoughts of the people of Hiroshima. .
Tree planting by atomic bomb survivor Aogiri II
The mayor of Hino, the chairman of the Hino City Council, 11 elementary and junior high school students, and a group of students from Meisei University’s Faculty of Humanities will plant trees at Hino Central Park.