I want you to recall our beautiful Uegahera campus, where many "Nangking-Haze" trees turn red and bear white nuts in late autumn. I believe that our sensitivity for beauty was fostered by such a lovely atmosphere of Kwansei Gakuin.
| I brought its nuts back to Tokyo and planted them in pots some years ago. They have grown up to my height and are looking down the Sumidagawa now. In autumn the trees turn red here too like in the campus. By T.Hamano |