(Suzelle Tempero) Semae Hirotani and Akio Nishikiori at Hiroshima’s peace tree grove. On the 50th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, members of the Pearl Harbor club planted a myrtle tree in a small park adjacent to Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park. Both clubs have continued planting, and today dozens of peace trees flourish in the two cities.
Sister Clubs Turn Scars of War into Bonds of Peace
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DECEMBER 08, 2009
Rotary International

Every year, Hiroshima Rotarians visit Pearl Harbor, or Pearl Harbor Rotarians visit Hiroshima. “From our different cultures, it was very hard to come to an understanding of how we would approach this thing at first,” Bob Deibler says. “If it were two clubs in the United States, you’d have a drink and sing songs, but this was different.” After several trips, however, the formal nature of the relationship gave way to true friendship.
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