Japan - Kokufu Ten 2018
Posted: February 9th, 2018, 10:33 pm
Today was the first day of the Kokufu Ten. My wife, Elenore, and I had planned to attend the first day, but things changed when we arrived at the Green Club - this is the vendors' selling area.
We ended up spending the whole day here - the trees on display were just fantastic. From the smallest mini bonsai to the mighty '2 to 4 man lift' trees.
There would have to have been over 1,000 trees for sale.
Bonsai pots - well, there were 1000’s to choose from. I found the bonsai were expensive. There is a big market in Japan for pots, especially when it comes with the artist's name. Little pots, the size of a thimble, can cost over $40.
Did I mention how cold it is? Well, it VERY cold here - it must be snowing somewhere close by!
Bonsai display tables were quite expensive, but they are very nice, and great quality. If you look around, you can find some good, cheaper tables. (We have already bought 4 larger tables - it was a good idea at the time, but now... to get them home!
Bonsai Trees
You can start from $50 and go up to $100,000 plus. But, if we could buy trees and take them home, you would have a number of high quality trees for your collection at around $2,000 outlay.
I hope you enjoy the photos of the Green Club. We’ll be going to the exhibition tomorrow and I have been told we can take photos, but no flash. Fabulous!
Lance and Elenore
We ended up spending the whole day here - the trees on display were just fantastic. From the smallest mini bonsai to the mighty '2 to 4 man lift' trees.
There would have to have been over 1,000 trees for sale.
Bonsai pots - well, there were 1000’s to choose from. I found the bonsai were expensive. There is a big market in Japan for pots, especially when it comes with the artist's name. Little pots, the size of a thimble, can cost over $40.
Did I mention how cold it is? Well, it VERY cold here - it must be snowing somewhere close by!
Bonsai display tables were quite expensive, but they are very nice, and great quality. If you look around, you can find some good, cheaper tables. (We have already bought 4 larger tables - it was a good idea at the time, but now... to get them home!
Bonsai Trees
You can start from $50 and go up to $100,000 plus. But, if we could buy trees and take them home, you would have a number of high quality trees for your collection at around $2,000 outlay.
I hope you enjoy the photos of the Green Club. We’ll be going to the exhibition tomorrow and I have been told we can take photos, but no flash. Fabulous!
Lance and Elenore