Shimpaku Bonsai Stolen

The bonsai thief or thieves made off with three goyomatsus or miniature pine trees three shimpakus or rare juniper trees and the prized 3 foot shimpaku.
Shimpaku bonsai stolen. The worth of the plunder is estimated as at least 13 million yen or the equivalent of 118 000. 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. The tree a 33 inch tall shimpaku was among seven trees stolen from the garden of seiji iimura 54 the fifth generation owner of a bonsai shop in. Over a period of several nights a team of bonsai bandits stole the cream of iimura s collection regarded as some of the most exquisite in existence cnn reported.
Thieves stole a 400 year old bonsai. The grief stricken owner offered care instructions. It is said to be worth over 10m yen 91 000. One of the couple s stolen trees is a shimpaku juniper one of the most sought after bonsai types among collectors and enthusiasts.
Thieves steal 400 year old bonsai trees worth 118 000 in japan a heartbroken bonsai owner has an impassioned appeal to those who stole her beloved bonsai trees if they could please water them. 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 most valuable was a 400 year old shimpaku. In the wrong hands it could die within a week.
It s not the kind of break in you hear about every day but a bonsai theft reported in january this year has left the owners without seven of their precious dwarf trees. The thief took the most valuable trees in the couple s 3 000 tree garden reported cnn. The prized 400 year old shimpaku.