Naoko Abe

My visit to Mr. Masatoshi Asari in Hokkaido, Japan, was aired by NHK, the Japanese television network. I handed my new book ‘The Martyr and the Red Kimono’ to him. Mr. Asari is the world’s foremost cherry creator and is one of the three protagonists of the book. The last two photos show Ben Jones, Oxford University’s Arboretum curator, who accompanied me.

A big thank you to all readers who have bought my book and propelled it to the top of several Amazon Kindle categories including ‘War and Peace’, ‘Holocaust biographies’, ‘Christianity’ and ‘Asian biographies’.

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My visit to Mr. Masatoshi Asari was reported in the Hakodate Shimbun today. I gave my new book ‘The Martyr and the Red Kimono’ to him at his home in Nanae-cho, Hokkaido.

Chinaberry (Sendan) at Toyama Botanic Gardens in Japan.

県立富山中央植物園のセンダントゥー

Now in Toyama—-The coronation bear that I gave last year to a botanist from Toyama’s Botanic Gardens greeted me at the entrance of the Gardens.

My visit to Mr. Asari in Nanae-cho, Hokkaido, was reported in the Hokkaido Shimbun Press today. I visited his home to give him my latest book ‘The Martyr and the Red Kimono’ where he is one of the main protagonists. On the right of Asari is Ben Jones, the curator of Oxford University’s arboretum.

I gave my new book ‘The Martyr and the Red Kimono’ to Mr. Asari at his home in Nanae-cho, Hokkaido. Mr. Asari is one of the three protagonists of the book.

He has been sending messages of world peace through his cherry tree creations.
I was very happy to be able to write about his life and give him the book personally.

park, Hokkaido, Japan. 🇯🇵

Downtown Tokyo.

Mount Tsukuba in Japan!

YouTube video of my talk about ‘The Martyr and the Red Kimono’ is now online.

https://youtu.be/_A7pZ6pGzZo?si=8nJANA_4ELaULXgK

Or click on the link in my bio.

45 minutes.

I am deeply grateful that the eminent horticulturist Roy Lancaster posted a heartfelt comment about my new book’The Martyr and the Red Kimono’.

I’m delighted that The Times today has run a thoughtful and very positive review of my new book ‘The Martyr and the Red Kimono’.

Thanks to the Daiwa Foundation and my publisher, Chatto&Windus, for helping make the launch of my new book go so smoothly. About 100 people attended the launch event in London.

The East Anglian Times today wrote a nice feature story about the ‘Suffolk Sakura’ event and plans to plant a lot more cherry trees in Great Glemham in Suffolk. This is the dream of Jason Gathorne-Hardy, the owner of the White House Farm.

My Gaura also known as Beeblossom.

My fuchsia was sick earlier this summer but has now fully recovered.

‘A life in service’ has come to an end and the baton has passed to King Charles III.

Beautiful horses at White House Farm, Great Glenham, Suffolk

Love this flower—the Japanese anemone is in flower now in my garden. I realise the season is quietly moving into autumn.

Green beans and tomatoes from my garden!

Lovely Hot Lips Salvia in my garden. The seeds came from my mother’s garden in Japan.

We call this flower ‘月見草(Tsukmisou)’, literally meaning ‘Moon Flower’. This photo was taken at 9pm tonight.

Blackberries are already abundant in Surrey in this hot weather .