badabing888 wrote:Hi All,
Just poking my head in as i just came back this afternoon from powering through 4 of these nurseries.
Toju-en, Mansei-en, Omiya bonsai art museum and Seiko-en, some others were closed but it was getting near on 3-4pm friday afternoon.
I wasn't sure if i was going to get out to be able to see this but luck should have it the mrs was sick so i had an afternoon to head out and i took along a japanese friend.
The sheer quality of the collections was mind blowing! In some cases if 1-2 of these tree's were on display and they'd take centre stage at any aussie show i'd look for 30-40 minutes at the 1 tree but there just seemed to be a endless supply of exceptional tree's literally a thousand!
What's on show is so far above an beyond what we have in australia (and thats no dig at us, as others have said its simply the extreme age of some of the trees!) it's kind of disheartening especially with my favorite species of black pines, not to mention the prices on some of the quality stock you'd be blown away with back home!
I'll add some pics once i get back , but if anyone is in tokyo do your self a big favor and MAKE time it will blow your mind! My only regret is getting half a day instead of at least a full day to check it out!
Daniel
Yeah man its out of control.
I knew it would be but you don't realise until you actually go there just how good the quality is. Photos never do bonsai justice.
There was a point where I thought I would come back here, burn all of my trees and never talk about bonsai again because I felt like I was peeing in the ocean to try and raise the tide. That thought passed pretty quickly because I love this art so much and realised that I have to push on so future generations will catch up....
If you're going to Tokyo at all you really need to go to Kobayashis house/museum . Even if it's only for an hour. It's absolutely insane!
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