Spotted in the Wild
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Onuma’s mini-bonsai growing techniques
A number of you wrote with questions about the techniques Kazuo Onuma uses to create his mini-bonsai last week. Here are some answers! Chojubai Onuma grows chojubai by starting young cuttings in round, plastic…
Development Work On A Very Large Water-Elm
Forest Bug Continues – Water-Elm Plan Works
Onuma’s mini-sized bonsai
After spending two days in the Tokyo area to see the Kokufu exhibit, I took a day trip to Shizuoka to visit Kazuo Onuma . Onuma is a grower who specializes in mini-sized bonsai. He’s been working with trees for…
Accents displayed at the 94th Kokufu-ten
If you look next to every great tree at the Kokufu bonsai exhibit, you’ll find a small companion plant at its side. Korean hornbeam display Accent plants, or shitakusa (“under weeds”) as they are known in Japanese,…
Potting And Repotting – Water-Elm, Boxelder, Lantana
Bonsai Odds & Ends – Hophornbeam & Dogwood
Prize-winning trees from the 94th Kokufu Bonsai Exhibition
The Kokufu-ten is Japan’s top bonsai exhibit. It’s presented in two halves. One hundred and fifty-one displays are set up for a few days, then another one hundred and fifty-one displays are set up after a day-off to…
Chinese Elm: Unsurpassed
A historic spruce at the 94th Kokufu exhibition
This year’s Kokufu exhibition featured a special display of books and posters from early exhibits. Posters from early Kokufu exhibitions I only glanced at the posters on my first visit to the show before quickly moving…
Let’s Go Water-Elm Rafting
A Few Final Images…..
Here are a few images from our tour. I hope you enjoyed the photos and remember, the good photos will appear in future issues of International BONSAI. (hint, subscribe please)…
2020 7th Japan Suiseki Exhibition
The 2020 7 th Japan Suiseki Exhibition is being held on February 14-18, 2020 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan. This is in the same building as the Kokufu Bonsai Exhibition, but on a…
2020 94th Kokufu Bonsai Exhibition Part 4
Additional interesting photos from Part 2 of the 2020 94 th Kokufu Bonsai Exhibition and a few from Part 1 too. Enjoy and learn, I did. Displayed front Another view Chojubai Flowering Quince from the Green Club sales…
A Visit To Taisho-en Bonsai Garden
Taisho-en Bonsai Garden is operated by Nobuichi Urushibata and his son Taiga. It is located in Shizuoka, Japan, near Mt. Fuji. Breathtaking views can be seen from streets and also at the train station where I took this…
A Visit To Shunka-en Bonsai Museum
Shunka-en Bonsai Museum in the Edogawa Ward of Tokyo is owned by award winning bonsai artist Kunio Kobayashi who is well known around the world. Visits to his museum are always one of my highlights to Japan. There is…
2020 94th Kokufu Bonsai Exhibition Part 3
Part 2 of the 2020 94 th Kokufu Bonsai Exhibition opened this morning at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. For the first several hours it seemed as though there were more foreigners than Japanese visitors. A great…
Flower Power
A Visit To S-Cube, Masahiko Kimura, Mansei-en and Fuyo-en Bonsai Gardens
Our small group, in a private van, first visited Seiji Morimae’s S-Cube Bonsai Garden Uchiku-tei in Hanyu, Japan. As always, Mr. Morimae was extremely busy with his large sales area in the Ueno Green Club and preparing…
2020 94TH Kokufu Bonsai Exhibition– Part 2
A few more photos from Part 1 of the 2020 94 TH Kokufu Bonsai Exhibition: Green Island Fig Sekka Hinoki Cypress Trident Maple displayed by Mark Cooper from England All the front dead branches were “added” onto an…
Another Repotting Project – Cedar Elm
2020 94TH Kokufu Bonsai Exhibition– Part 1
Part 1 February 8-11, 2020 Part 2 February 13-16, 2020 The Kokufu Bonsai Exhibition is the finest and longest running formal bonsai exhibition in the word. The All Japan Bonsai Exhibition was held in Hibiya Park, Tokyo,…
Evergreen highlights and displays from the 17th Shohin Seminar
Junipers and pines were the most common evergreen species at the California Shohin Society’s 17th biennial Seminar exhibition. Here are a few that were display. Japanese black pine Shimpaku juniper Shimpaku juniper…
Deciduous highlights at the 2020 California Shohin Seminar
Last weekend the California Shohin Society hosted the 17th Biennial Shohin Seminar in Santa Nella, California. The event is about as fun as bonsai events can be. Friday features demonstrations, attendees participate in…