Paul McCartney's Tree is growing up with Tokyo Pupils

What's Paul's Tree?

Paul McCartney has been to Tokyo four times. His first visit in 1966, as a member of The Beatles, lasted only 4 days. Second in 1980, as the leader of Wings, he should have performed at some big baseball grounds, etc., but, instead, he sang "Yesterday" in a jailhouse for only a few prisoners. Third in 1990 and forth in 1993, he was able to pass the customs and, on each occasion, performed to about 200,000 people who had waited for his performance for a long time. In the third visit, he planted a tree in a primary school's garden.

He gave us the answer

I invited some Macca maniacs. They were the men I had met at Paul's concert in Melbourne, Australia. We met at Suidobashi station near the Tokyo Dome where Paul had performed, and then went to the school. Among Japanese Macca mania, the school's name was known as Masago elementary school, but lately the name had changed for maybe schools combination. Anyway, we could manage to find the school.

We entered the school through the west or main gate, and told a caretaker the purpose of our visit. It seemed that he realised we were some Macca maniacs, therefore he accepted our request gladly and told us where Paul's tree was.

The Tree with pupils

The place was at the edge of the school ground. When we walked into the ground, some pupils who were playing football there said, "Ah, Beatlemanias have come". We couldn't help but giggle at what they said.

Then, we found the tree easily.

Paul's tree had no leaves because of the cold, winter weather, but it had grown up beyond expectation. It seemed that nine years of "schooldays" had given the tree a robust build.

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Paul McCartney's Farm

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