Hiroshima Bonsai
The yamaki family had lived just two miles from where american forces dropped the atomic bomb in hiroshima in 1945.
Hiroshima bonsai. A centuries old bonsai that survived the bombing of hiroshima is making worldwide headlines but its caretakers wish the attention were focused more on the tree s role in peace than in war. A nearly 400 year old bonsai tree survived the atomic bomb that killed 140 000 people and destroyed the entire city of hiroshima around it. Next see the most powerful photos taken in the aftermath of the hiroshima bombing. Little did the arboretum know that this diminutive plant held a special secret.
Currently located at the u s. Then see the haunting hiroshima shadows left behind after the blast. This 350 year old bonsai had survived the atom bomb dropped on hiroshima. The survival of this old bonsai which had been sitting on a bench behind a wall at the yamaki home not far from the epicenter of the blast was in and of itself astonishing.
In 1976 as a gift from japan for america s bicentennial bonsai master masaru yamaki donated a bonsai tree first planted in the 17th century. National arboretum in washington d c it was gifted to the united states by bonsai master masaru yamaki in 1976. On august 6 1945 at a quarter past 8 a m bonsai master masaru yamaki was inside his home when glass fragments hurtled past him cutting his skin after a strong force blew out the windows of. The yamaki family living in hiroshima styled and cared for this tree for five generations.
According to the tree s display placard it has been in training since 1625 making it 388 years old. No one in america knew anything about this until then. Bonsai tree nearly 400 years old survived hiroshima and is still flourishing in d c. Today it serves as a peaceful reminder of what tender care and love turn into after nearly 400 years.
The bonsai that survived hiroshima nearly 400 years old this story went viral on the internet but it s undeniably true. The hiroshima bonsai is truly the little tree that could.