Nikko Toshogu Shrine, Hiroshima city exchange trees for peace

Hisao Inaba (R), chief priest of Nikko Toshogu Shrine, and Teruto Ishida, head of the Hiroshima municipal government's green policy section, exchange lists of gifts on Oct. 9, 2015, in front of a Formosan sweetgum tree, a symbol of peace donated by the Shinto shrine in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, and planted in the Central Park in the western Japanese city. In turn, the Hiroshima city office donated an atomic bomb-exposed phoenix tree to the shrine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo