Sakura Campaign
The Sakura Campaign was a tree-planting campaign that was launched by a Japanese TV station in 1990 on the occasion of the reunification of Germany . A donation campaign raised the equivalent of around one million euros, with which more than 10,000 Japanese cherry trees were planted, preferably in Berlin and Brandenburg, by 2010 .
background
The end of the division of Germany was received with great interest among the Japanese population . At the same time, the Japanese cherry blossom (“sakura”) is traditionally seen as “the arrival of spring, a time of very special importance for every Japanese”, which is celebrated in Hanami . The television station TV Asahi therefore called on its viewers to a fundraising campaign. The aim was to raise money for the planting of Japanese flowering cherries. These trees are said to bring "peace and quiet into people's hearts". The donation fund collected over 140 million yen (the equivalent of around one million euros), with which the trees were financed. The initiator of the project, Tetsuo Terasaki , was invited to the New Year's reception of Federal President Horst Köhler in 2004 as thanks for his work .
Plantings
The trees were planted in Berlin and Brandenburg in places that played a special role during the division of Germany. The first trees were planted on the Glienicke Bridge between Berlin and Potsdam . Further plantings took place, for example, at the Japan-Eck in the former border strip on the Mauerweg (see also Teltower Dörferweg ) between Steglitz-Zehlendorf and Teltow or at the Lohmühlenbrücke . In addition, trees were planted in the North-East Landscape Park in Lichtenberg or in the Gardens of the World in Marzahn-Hellersdorf . In Brandenburg, a total of 750 trees were planted in the cross-border European garden for the 750th anniversary of Frankfurt . Further trees can be found in Kleinmachnow , in the Havel Bay in Potsdam or on the wall monument at Griebnitzsee . The last trees were opened to the public on November 9, 2010 in the presence of the Governing Mayor of Berlin, Klaus Wowereit , on November 9, 1989, at the former Bornholmer Strasse border crossing .
Web links
- Tree-planting campaign Sakura-Campaign Website of the Senate Department for Urban Development and the Environment, accessed on August 19, 2012.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stephan Laude: With the "TV-Asahi-Kirschblütenallee" Teltow honors Japanese tree donations 80 cherry trees for the Japanese garden on the Wall Path ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung , April 24, 2012, accessed on July 15, 2012.
- ↑ Japan at a glance: The monthly magazine of the Japanese Consulate General in Hamburg , Issue 162, March 2012, (PDF, 989 kB), accessed on July 16, 2012.
- ↑ Brandenburg tip: Stroll under blossoming cherry trees and enjoy German-Japanese culture in Punkt 3, 2012/08 edition of April 26, 2012, page 36.
- ^ New Year's Reception: Federal President honors Berliners , Press and Information Office of the State of Berlin on January 10, 2005, accessed on July 17, 2012.
- ↑ Birgitt Eltzel: 80 cherry trees for the Japanese garden . In: Berliner Zeitung , April 15, 2003, accessed on July 15, 2012.
- ↑ Sakura Campaign donates 10 cherry trees to the Wall Memorial Griebnitzsee, press release number 685 from November 24, 2009 of the city of Potsdam, accessed on July 16, 2012.
- ↑ City Trees - Sakura Campaign website of the Senate Department for Urban Development and the Environment, accessed on July 18, 2012.
