Planted in 1625, it’s lived a lot of history in its nearly 400 years.
Currently located at the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington, D.C., it
was gifted to the United States by bonsai master Masaru Yamaki in 1976.
The Yamaki family had lived just two miles from where American forces
dropped the atomic bomb in Hiroshima in 1945. This horrific event killed
140,000 people and left lasting effects on the city, but Yamaki, his
family, and the bonsai—all of whom were indoors during the
explosion—were left largely unharmed.
source: mymodernmet
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