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A GIF makes it easier to visualize branch removal.
Here’s a Chojubai as an example of fall pruning. The pruning shown here may be applied to many shrubs.

Shunka-en Bonsai Museum of Kunio Kobayashi, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo

Nippon Bonsai Taikan Ten Exhibition, November 24-27, 2023, Miyako Messe, Kyoto

Nippon Bonsai Taikan Ten Exhibition- Part 2
Musk Maple, Premna japonica

World Heritage Kiyomizu Temple Bonsai Suiseki Exhibition, November 24-27, 2023 Kyoto, Japan.

Temperatures are dropping these days. Not a lot but freezing it is and this demands some caretaking bringing shohin bonsai into the storage room. After a very wet period, cold can be very destructive. Soil filled with water freezing can both harm not-so-strong pots, and it will often damage the roots. We will look into that in the Live Zoom Q&A on Thursday at 8 PM (UTC +1). Also, topics like balancing the tree in the pot and how to add direction a topics to be put in the spotlight.

This specimen offered a couple key points about Japanese Maple pruning, and pruning forests and clumps.

This year, like the past 25 years, Kora Dalager and I have been leading exciting tours to the Japanese bonsai world. Attached are a few photos to share with followers to my blog,

Omiya Bonsai Art Museum

Omiya Bonsai Village