“A-bombed Willow Cut Down Mistakenly: Tragic Loss of Hiroshima Bomb Survivor Tree”

2023-04-19 11:34:18

The tree that was mistakenly cut down was a weeping willow that was under the Kyobashi River bank protection in Higashi Ward, Hiroshima City.

This weeping willow is about 3 meters high and is located about 2 kilometers from the hypocenter.

“A-bombed trees” are trees that have survived the atomic bombing but have survived the atomic bombing. I’m here.

According to Hiroshima Prefecture, this weeping willow was accidentally felled on the 3rd of last month during the construction work to cut and weed along the Kyobashi River ordered by the prefecture.

The construction office in the western part of the prefecture, which ordered the construction work, was unaware that there was an “atomic bombed tree” in this area. about it.

Kazuhisa Nagata, head of civil engineering maintenance at the prefectural civil engineering and architectural bureau, said, “We deeply apologize to the people of the prefecture for cutting down precious A-bombed trees. I’m here.

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