Bonsai Village, Omiya

Today I visited Bonsai-cho in Omiya-koen. It is a small town near Tokyo famous for its bonsai nurseries. I visited only five of them. Fuyo-en is an old school nursery with a lot of well-tended larger size trees. Kyuka-en is a bit ran down, but still has some nice trees. Seiko-en is very slick and stylish. They have some really impressive trees and they actually charge an entrance fee. Mansei-en has more space and specializes on larger trees or groups of trees. Some of them are very good. Bonsai master Saburo Kato was the 3rd generation owner of this nursery. Toju-en has some nice trees mostly largish pines. Bonsai master Masahiko Kimura studied at this nursery under Motosuke Hamano from 1955 to 1966. None of the nurseries allow taking photos, so my photo album from Omiya is very slim and unfortunately it’s all in the head.

P. S. For a more comprehensive coverage of bonsai nurseries in Omiya see the following posts:

Tuju-en - http://lomov.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/toju-en-omiya.html

Mansei-en - http://lomov.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/mansei-en-saburo-kato-and-forest.html

Seiko-en - http://lomov.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/seiko-en-omiya.html

Fuyo-en - http://lomov.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/fuyo-en-omiya.html

Kyuka-en - http://lomov.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/kyuka-en-omiya.html

Shoto-en - http://lomov.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/shoutou-en-omiya.html