One day in Tokyo.....
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I took thousands of photos but I've bragged enough and don't want to clog the forum.
I cant recommend the tour highly enough. Yoshi is such a great guy and his wife made us a beautiful lunch at his restaurant.
If you are only in Japan for a short time and don't want to spend too much money I cant recommend Kobayashis place enough. It costs about 15 dollars with a cup of tea and as I said earlier its honesty the nicest place I've ever been. Even people who don't appreciate Bonsai will enjoy this place. Its amazing what he has accomplished in one generation. A must see on the eastern side of Tokyo!
Thanks again to the ppl on here that recommended everything. Ill never forget this day.........
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Wow great pics!
Love how the million $ bonsai are held in place with cable ties!!!
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Love how the million $ bonsai are held in place with cable ties!!!
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You owe Mrs IB soooooo much... Excellent day, well related. Thanks for the photos. While we have bonsai of a high standard, we can't compete with 800 years of tradition - no harm in saying so. All the same, our Eucalypt bonsai are better than theirs, I guess.
I think the bug has bitten - good luck.
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I think the bug has bitten - good luck.
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Yes, it is absolutely mind blowing.Island Breeze wrote:Thanks again to the ppl on here that recommended everything. Ill never forget this day.........
I bet you go back some time.
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Great run down. I'm glad you went for the tour, I knew you wouldnt regret it! I agree, Kobayashi's place is pretty mind blowing. Funnily enough, I also got interviewed by a Japanese TV crew whilst I was there, I'm wondering if it was related?
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Excellent write up and thank you very much for posting.
I love the Maple in the last lot of Pictures
Particularly like the way the spreading nebari is well developed but not ridiculous in size unlike many other we see.
beautiful proportions on this one
Thanks
ps. It must be Autumn with the way the beard has coloured up!
Ken
I love the Maple in the last lot of Pictures
Particularly like the way the spreading nebari is well developed but not ridiculous in size unlike many other we see.
beautiful proportions on this one
Thanks
ps. It must be Autumn with the way the beard has coloured up!
Ken
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Haha yeah I actually only noticed that hen I got back and was looking at the photos....Isitangus wrote:Wow great pics!
Love how the million $ bonsai are held in place with cable ties!!!
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She used it to her advantage and ended up spending about 500 on beauty products in Seoul so were definitely square!GavinG wrote:You owe Mrs IB soooooo much... Excellent day, well related. Thanks for the photos. While we have bonsai of a high standard, we can't compete with 800 years of tradition - no harm in saying so. All the same, our Eucalypt bonsai are better than theirs, I guess.
I think the bug has bitten - good luck.
Gavin
100%wrcmad wrote:Yes, it is absolutely mind blowing.Island Breeze wrote:Thanks again to the ppl on here that recommended everything. Ill never forget this day.........
I bet you go back some time.
Wow.... when was that?JaseH wrote:Great run down. I'm glad you went for the tour, I knew you wouldnt regret it! I agree, Kobayashi's place is pretty mind blowing. Funnily enough, I also got interviewed by a Japanese TV crew whilst I was there, I'm wondering if it was related?
Yeah the young apprentice Jin who spoke great english showed us 3 that he said were worth 1 mill. I guess its the old thing of its worth whatever someone is willing to pay but i took it as Kobayashi wouldn't be letting go of these three for under a million a piece. I actually don't even know how you would put a price on some of the trees.... I guess they were his best?Daluke wrote:Thanks for sharing your photos.
Are you serious about the trees being worth 1 million?
Jin was very loose with the financial info. It was like it was part of the tour haha...... He told us that the whole place cost about 10 million to set up and if you go back and look at that picture I posted with the small pots in the cabinet on the blue fabric. The tiny pot on the bottom front row second from the right was worth 90K! They were all very very old Chinese pots......
Haha yeah it shed all of its leaves toward the end of the trip!kcpoole wrote:Excellent write up and thank you very much for posting.
I love the Maple in the last lot of Pictures
Particularly like the way the spreading nebari is well developed but not ridiculous in size unlike many other we see.
beautiful proportions on this one
Thanks
ps. It must be Autumn with the way the beard has coloured up!
Ken
I agree with the maple.
Probably the only bad thing about the day (if you can count t as a bad thing) was that it was quite hard to stand back and appreciate individual trees. There was so many it became almost a haze. It would be like gong to an art gallery and the walls being covered completely with art. It almost all became one sometimes. A real first world problem though.....
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Hey Island Breeze
mate I don't know whether to envy you or hate you, that must have been such a day . It certainly is on my bucket list of things I have to do. Glad you had such a good day
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mate I don't know whether to envy you or hate you, that must have been such a day . It certainly is on my bucket list of things I have to do. Glad you had such a good day
regards
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In February - basically told them the same thing - that we don't have anything like this back in Australia - as in the age of the trees and the numbers of years in training!Island Breeze wrote:Wow.... when was that?JaseH wrote:Great run down. I'm glad you went for the tour, I knew you wouldnt regret it! I agree, Kobayashi's place is pretty mind blowing. Funnily enough, I also got interviewed by a Japanese TV crew whilst I was there, I'm wondering if it was related?