Kunio Kobayashi Bonsai Museum - Japan

[SLR5000]

On 26th November our bonsai group had the pleasure of visiting Kunio Kobayashi's Shunka-en Bonsai Museum which is located in the Edogawa district of Tokyo.

Shunka-en is one of the most well known bonsai museums in the world and has some of Japan’s finest antique bonsai containers.

Mr Kobayashi would be, in my opinion, the best bonsai display setups in Japan. Although it is a museum, it is also a nursery. Unfortunately, Mr Kobayashi was not in attendance that day as he was demonstrating in Tokyo.

The museum has a beautiful display of antique pots from China and Japan, and also has a number of tokonoma rooms all set up with trees and scrolls, etc.

The displays are changed every few days. Outside there is a beautiful koi pond with a stream running into it.

The museum has undergone some major changes since we were there in February 2015.

No matter how many times you visit these nurseries in Japan, there is always something different about them when you revisit them.

I have selected a number of photos of my favourite trees at the museum.

I hope you enjoy them.

This will be my last posting from here in Japan as we are heading home tomorrow, the 7th December - I just hope Qantas is in a good mood when we check in, as the bags are a lot heavier going back home.

Once home, I will do some more posts about other nurseries we visited.

Finally, thank you for all your comments.

Lance

[Watto]

A great series of posts on your 2016 adventure, I like many others I am sure, really enjoyed to time and effort you went too.
Thank you and safe journey home.

[Jdceng]

Hi Lance

Ditto on what Watto has said.

Thanks for the stories.

JC

[Jow]

Thanks for sharing all the photos of your trip.

I think that if people were to take something away from what you have shown a good starting point would be the below cropped image.

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As we are in the growing season, now is the time to feed!

[GavinG]

Thanks for the encyclopedia, great photos of remarkable trees. Sigh.

(His book is damn fine as well, well worth finding.)

Thanks for posting.

Gavin

[Pearcy001]

Thanks for all the photos Lance!

I am currently at a stopover in Korea, after leaving Nepal headed for Tokyo. I should be landing in Japan in about 4 hours

I sure hope you've left some pots for me at some of the nursery's you've visited haha.

I'm aware all retail stores have massive sales in December, here's to hoping Bonsai nurseries are the same!

All your photos really have gotten me excited, thanks again.

Cheers,
Pearcy.

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[Boics]

Awesome stuff Lance!
Thanks for the ride!

Yes Jow although large trees there is an abundance of food on tap!

[Bad_meaning_good]

Look great mate would love to get over there at some point in the future.
Ben

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