On Wednesday, August 6, the Gardens with the San Francisco Interfaith Council, Japanese American Religious Federation of San Francisco, Consulate General of Japan, San Francisco Office of Protocol, and United Religions Initiative, along with the Mayors’ Office commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings with a blessing service for peace in the Pagoda Plaza where there are two descendants of gingko trees that survived the Hiroshima nuclear blast planted.
