Big Ginkgo of Kuwanomoto, Japan

A year in the life of the "Big Ginkgo of Kuwanomoto".

Location: Close to a temple,  Toyooka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Takeno-cho, Kuwanomoto, Japan.
Height 48 m, girth 9.9 m, planted c. 1650.
Natural monument.
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Video by Jiro Fujiwara on YouTube.

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UNITAR 2nd generation A-bombed Ginkgo (3)

Continued from my post on April 29 + May 2:


October 3: 
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon plants Hiroshima A-bomb survivor Ginkgo sapling as a symbol of peace in the UN European Headquarters, Geneva.
This Ginkgo sapling is a direct descendent of one of the oldest living trees in Hiroshima’s historical Shukkeiin Garden.

Photo: Unitar

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Updates of my website The Ginkgo Pages

* Update new topic: 2nd generation A-bombed Ginkgo tree planted at UN Geneva, Oct. 3.
 
* New photo on Photospecial page: Old Ginkgo tree, Maldegem, Belgium + video.

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