400 Year Old Bonsai Tree Stolen

Without proper care the stolen bonsai are in great peril.

400 year old bonsai tree stolen. Thieves stole a 400 year old bonsai. It is said to be worth over 10m yen 91 000. The pair is urging the thieves to take care of them. A japanese couple has been left grief stricken after seven bonsai trees were stolen from a garden including a 400 year old shimpaku juniper.

Among the 3 000 trees located in the couple s garden the looters stole just seven including a particularly valuable 400 year old shimpaku juniper. Hong kong cnn a bonsai thief has stolen seven tiny trees worth at least 13 million yen 118 000 from a garden space in saitama prefecture near tokyo. The loot included a rare 400 year old. The 400 year old tree is worth roughly 90 000 and was set to be entered in a beauty competition in february.

The shimpaku lived for 400 years it needs care. Ms iimura told the publication her husband seiji iimura is a bonsai master whose family practice dates back to 1603. A bonsai that is nearly 400 years old stands at the arboretum s national bonsai and penjing museum in. Seiji iimura s family has been creating and tending bonsai trees for five generations but now his giant bonsai garden is missing some of its most expensive trees reported cnn monday.

A thief or group of thieves has stolen 118 000 worth of bonsai trees including a prized 400 year old shimpaku tree from a bonsai master s garden near tokyo japan. I want whoever took it to make sure that it s properly watered. She explained the 400 year old stolen tree had been taken from a mountain centuries ago by her husband s family who shrunk it to its current form of 1 metre tall and around 70 centimetres wide. A 400 year old bonsai tree worth more than 50 000 vanished from a gardener s collection outside tokyo one of several valuable plants stolen last month from a fifth generation bonsai master.

The grief stricken owner offered care instructions. The shimpaku lived for 400 years it needs care and can t survive a week without water mrs.