Japan Teaser......

[Asus101]

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nice legs

[anttal63]

wow too much fun jow you deserve it enjoy son!

[Jow]

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nice legs

Thats 'Tachi agari' in bonsai terms

Oh and 3rd and final gallery is up for the day.....

Thats a good 300+ photos to keep you all entertained for a while.....

I was meant to be visiting the Island of shikoku this week but it looks like rain so i will visit next week and have pics to follow....

enjoy...

[Chris Johnston]

Jow,
Thank you for publishing your great photos. The blog is a treasure!

Chris

P.S. Is that your translator? If so, I have to sign up to work under those conditions!!!

[ketutg]

WOW. Simply amazing trees. thanks for sharing!

[John Henry]

Hi Jo,
Send back a container full of pines for myself, Steve , Quintan and could you show us a few pic of the y ou ladies you have met.
THanks John

[Jow]

Today i got to Takamatsu which is the Black pine capital of Japan. There are around 20 nurseries concentrated in the one area and i looked over the best this afternoon. I took over 600 photos which i will get up onto my website soon.... I was totally overwhelmed by the amount of stock here! Sadly the prices are soooooo cheap and we cant import pines.... A tree that was better than 99% of trees i have seen in Victoria was less than $500.

I will have pics up soon so you can all see for your selves.

[anttal63]

its a sad day

[Kelv]

Awesome stuff!

Blast it Joe! I'm so envious! You are in bonsai heaven and I'm here all nightering D=

Today i got to Takamatsu which is the Black pine capital of Japan. There are around 20 nurseries concentrated in the one area and i looked over the best this afternoon. I took over 600 photos which i will get up onto my website soon.... I was totally overwhelmed by the amount of stock here! Sadly the prices are soooooo cheap and we cant import pines.... A tree that was better than 99% of trees i have seen in Victoria was less than $500.

*Wince*

[DavidN]

Wow Jow, great photos and amazing trees. It's such a shame we can't import black pines anymore. I would be so frustrated seeing beautiful black pines in Japan and not being able to bring them back home. Can you bring any trees from Japan anymore? They have awesome tridents, but I guess there is nothing like a majestic black pine.

DavidN

[anttal63]

as long as they come bare rooted and then stay in quarantine there are many we can still import.

[Jow]

Basically to import you cannot bring in pines or fruiting trees and trees have to be bare rooted and then fumagated. Following this they must spend 3-36 months in quarantine depending on species.

It s still possible but difficult.

Some time tonight i will be adding 600 odd photos to the blog so stayed tuned....

[Jow]

i just added a bunch of pics from the Kinashi area. this is where most of Japans black pines are grown... enjoy.

[Kelv]

Damn!
So much pines for such little pots! Awesome!

[DavidN]

i just added a bunch of pics from the Kinashi area. this is where most of Japans black pines are grown... enjoy.

Thanks for those pics. Truly amazing!!!! I would be in such despair not being able to bring some of those magnificent trees back to Oz. That is an amazing site. Would love to know which tree you mentioned previously that was $500 and better than most trees in Oz? Let us know.

Thanks
David