New Edition: A Trip to the Hiroshima Trees – The Future Seen by A-bomb Survivor Trees

by Yuko Ishida

In Hiroshima today, trees that endured the atomic bombing of 1945 still live on, silently preserving memories of war and of the people who once sheltered beneath them. First published in 2015, this work now appears in a thoroughly revised edition to mark 80 years since the end of the war and the bombing. Documentary filmmaker Yuko Ishida, together with tree doctor Chikara Horiguchi, listens to survivors, researchers, and those who have cared for these “survivor trees.” With new photographs and updated testimonies, the book offers young readers an unforgettable way to encounter Hiroshima’s living witnesses, and to reflect on resilience, peace, and the future.

19 x 13 cm, 223 pages, Black-and-white photographs and illustrations
First published June 2025