Bonsai 400 Years Old

A japanese couple has been left grief stricken after seven bonsai trees were stolen from a garden including a 400 year old shimpaku juniper.
Bonsai 400 years old. In fact the tree has survived much more it s nearly 400 years old. The japanese white pine potted in 1625 belonged to a family that lived within two miles of the site where american forces dropped the bomb in 1945. William lee a rising junior at american university saw the tree for the first time wednesday. The prize shimpaku alone was worth over 10.
Upon learning more about its. The pair is urging the thieves to take care of them. The grief stricken owner offered care instructions. A nearly 400 year old bonsai tree survived the atomic bomb that killed 140 000 people and destroyed the entire city of hiroshima around it.
The tree survived and was later donated to the national bonsai penjing museum in washington image courtesy also by the museum. On the black market stolen bonsai can sell for the equivalent of tens of thousands of dollars asahi shimbun reported with seiji iimura pricing the 400 year old bonsai at more than 54 000. A bonsai that is nearly 400 years old stands at the arboretum s national bonsai and penjing museum in. But what makes it really special is that it was in hiroshima when the atomic bomb fell in 1945.
Tokyo a master bonsai grower whose 400 year old tree was taken from a garden outside tokyo has issued a heartfelt plea for the thief to care for his stolen child seiji iimura 53 said seven. It can live forever even after we re gone. The loot included a rare 400 year old shimpaku tree a star of the bonsai world which was due to be entered in a japanese beauty competition this month. Without proper care the stolen bonsai are in great peril.
I want whoever took it to make sure that it s properly watered. Thieves stole a 400 year old bonsai.