Offspring seedling from "miracle pine" to be offered to west Japan shrine

Offspring seedling from "miracle pine" to be offered to west Japan shrine

File photo taken on Sept. 15, 2015, shows a "miracle lone pine tree," the only one of about 70,000 pines along the coast of northeastern Japan's Rikuzentakata that initially withstood the massive tsunami of 2011. A citizens' group that has been nurturing seedlings from the pine said on Nov. 13 it will offer a seedling to Izumo Shrine in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, in March 2016 in hopes of keeping the disaster's lessons alive for future generations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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