This Bonsai Tree Was Planted In 1625, Survived The Bombing Of Hiroshima And Is Still Growing Today
History never really leaves us – it stays with us in the form of monuments, each representing a part of a lost story. Maybe that’s the beauty of any historical place. It transports us to a time that we can only read and imagine through history books. But the problem with monuments are, they are cold and non-living.
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It would have been amazing if there was some visible piece of life that was infused with different stories to tell. Especially, if the plant had actually faced something drastic that has shaped the entirety of later human lives. The Yamaki Bonsai has proven to be just that – a living artifact of history. And it has quite a tale to tell.