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Thinking About Masaharu Fukuyama's "Kusunoki" on August 9th: First Chorus Performance at Nagasaki Ceremony

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On the 9th, it will be 80 years since the US military dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki. At the Peace Memorial Ceremony to be held in Nagasaki on the 9th, "Kusunoki" (Camphor Tree), written and composed by Nagasaki-born musician Masaharu Fukuyama (56), will be selected for the first time to be sung by a chorus of local elementary school students. What is the connection between camphor trees and the Nagasaki atomic bomb?
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Children Sing Masaharu Fukuyama's Song "Kusunoki" at Nagasaki Peace Ceremony (Kyodo News)

At the Peace Memorial Ceremony held in Nagasaki on the 9th, elementary school students sang "Kusunoki" (Campus Tree) by Masaharu Fukuyama, a singer from the city, and the venue was filled with warm applause. The song was themed on the camphor tree at Sanno Shrine, located about 800 meters southeast of the hypocenter, and was about the tree's ability to survive the blast and black rain.

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熊本日日新聞社 broke the news in on Saturday, August 9, 2025.
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