Bonsai In Tokyo

Ueno green club nezu station also has a festival in february and one in early november.
Bonsai in tokyo. Very friendly staff and great value for 800 yen. Kunio kobayashi s shunkaen bonsai garden in tokyo japan. Located just outside tokyo in saitama city this beautiful area is full of bonsai nurseries and private gardens with many of these potted trees. Nicknamed bonsai nursery the village of omiya is a must for lovers of these small trees.
For shohin lovers the most important show is the gafu ten also held in kyoto in january. One of the best places to see bonsai is the omiya bonsai village in saitama just north of tokyo. The most important exhibition is the kokufu ten where the highest quality bonsai trees of japan are displayed. If you re here in february there is a big bonsai exhibition at tokyo metroplitan art museum in ueno.
In japan one of the oldest and most famous bonsai trees is the 500 year old sandai shogun no matsu which has been designated as a national treasure. It is a working bonsai nursery only about 30 mins from tokyo and full of incredible and beautiful bonsai some hundreds of years old. If you wish to buy a bonsai learn about bonzai enjoy looking at bonsai the place to go is bonsai village bonsai mura in omiya. The exhibition is held in tokyo in february.
The village is a collection of bonsai nurseries that relocated there from tokyo after the great kanto earthquake of 1923. The village also has an excellent bonsai art museum which explains well the various aspects of bonsai. There is a bonsai shop in ginza called ginza uchiku ann that you can have a look around in. Otherwise the omiya one or shunka en as mentioned above.
In this video you will see bonsai from mansei en the house of. Bonsai is the traditional japanese art of creating and contemplating miniature natural landscapes in pots using trees and other plants. Some of the nurseries allow walk in visitors and happy to help with any questions. The garden is an absolute highlight and should not be missed.
Another key event is the taikan ten held each november in kyoto. Practitioners shape their landscapes by pruning branches bending them and fixing them with wires.