A-bombed Aogiri

This tree was located in the courtyard of the Hiroshima Post Office (currently the Chugoku Post Office) in Higashihakushima-cho, Naka Ward, about 1.3 km from the hypocenter, and as there was nothing blocking the direction of the hypocenter, it was exposed to the heat rays and blast waves. All the branches and leaves were gone, and half of the trunk on the side of the hypocenter was burnt and gouged out. However, this tree, which was little more than a dead tree, sprouted in the spring of the following year, giving courage to live to those who were in a state of weakness amidst the confusion of the atomic bombing and defeat in the war. Later, when the China Post Office was rebuilt, it was relocated to its current location in May 1973, and continues to silently tell the story of the damage caused by the atomic bomb. ``Aogiri no Uta'' was selected as the grand prize winner for the Hiroshima City 2000-2001 commemorative ``Hiroshima Song'' project. withers when transplanted