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Descendants of donor Masaru Yamaki, including Shigeru Yamaki shown here, have visited the
tree in recent years, keeping alive its remarkable story of surviving the bombing of Hiroshima.
About 35 of the original trees from Japan’s Bicentennial Gift survive today,
ably fulfilling their role as international ambassadors. Others have joined them in
the intervening decades and others will surely be added in the future, ensuring
that the bonsai’s expression of the power of beauty, perseverance and peace will
abide far into the future.
Cryptomeria trees, considered the national tree of Japan, grow inside the entrance of the National
Bonsai & Penjing Museum.
