Painting inspired by Kobe quake victim donated to hometown

KOBE, Japan - Alexandra Nechita (R), a U.S. teenager who was inspired by the tale of a young victim of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, donates a painting to Kobe Mayor Kazutoshi Sasayama (L) in Kobe on Jan. 15. The story goes that after the death of the 11-year-old Haruka Kato, sunflower seeds that she had fed her parrot sprouted up through the rubble of her home and local residents began planting the new seeds in their own backyards.

• Product Code
• ILEA001082971

• Registered date
• 2001/1/15 00:00:00

• Credit
• Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

• Media source
• 2001 Kyodo News

• Media size
• 1864 × 1770 pixel

• Resolution
• dpi

• Deployment size
• 1.09(MB)*

• Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.