1st Japan trip Autumn 2014

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1st Japan trip Autumn 2014

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Hi Guys,

Thought I would share some of my photos from a recent work trip to Japan that I managed to work quite a bit of bonsai viewing into... I took a lot of photos and visited the nurseries of Fujikawa Kouka-en, Koju-en and of Omiya bonsai village (Saitama city), as well as the Omiya bonsai museum and the gardens of Kato-san, Koboyashi-san and Kimura-san.

First installment will be of my visit to Fujikawa Kouka-en near Osaka and was the first nursery I visited on my trip. This is a pretty difficult nursery to find and my tip if you want to get there by yourself is to get the metro train to Kita-itami station and walk to the nearby homewares centre to have someone call you a cab. Have the nurseries address in Japanese and it shouldn't cost you more than about 1000 yen (a bit more than 10 dollars). The nursery will call a cab for you to return to the station.

Anyway, the pictures. Sorry about the quality. I am by no means a photographer. I hope you enjoy them anyway.
entrance to fujikawa kouka-en.jpg
FK sales area.jpg
FK big juni sales area.jpg
FK Chojubai sales area.jpg
FK JM base sales area.jpg
FK JM colour sales area.jpg
FK JBP clump base sales area.jpg
FK JBP clump ramification sales area.jpg
FK Nice twin JWP sales area.jpg
FK JWP sales area.jpg
The following trees are from a different area of the nursery that was reserved for clients trees. The quality of the trees back there was much better but it was pretty cramped making it hard to capture photos of entire trees from their intended fronts.
FK me in the client area.jpg
FK JWP medium sized client area.jpg
FK Kusamono.jpg
FK Twisted shimpaku client area.jpg
FK JBP five years from seed client area.jpg
FK JBP five years from seed comparison client area.jpg
FK JWP shari client area.jpg
FK me with a prunus in the client area.jpg
overview to fujikawa kouka-en.jpg
FK Dario and Steven (seated) workshop area.jpg
Thats it for now. Next post I will upload pictures of my visit to Koju-en shohin nursery in Kyoto.

Cheers guys,

Ces.
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Ces you were in Bonsai paradise.. gotta lov Japan!

Thanks for sharing :tu:
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:tu: :tu: :tu: Thanks for sharing mate, epic beard too.



Although I'm worried about this title of one of yours pics: 'FK me with a prunus in the client area.jpg' :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Andrew F wrote::tu: :tu: :tu: Thanks for sharing mate, epic beard too.



Although I'm worried about this title of one of yours pics: 'FK me with a prunus in the client area.jpg' :lol: :lol: :lol:
What? I really like prunus.... 8-) :lol:
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Ces wrote:
Andrew F wrote::tu: :tu: :tu: Thanks for sharing mate, epic beard too.



Although I'm worried about this title of one of yours pics: 'FK me with a prunus in the client area.jpg' :lol: :lol: :lol:
What? I really like prunus.... 8-) :lol:
You must :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Hey Ces, well done, looks like you enjoyed yourself, went there myself early this year, got stuck in the worst snow storm in 10 years, excellent adventure.
Bet you are already planning another trip?
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Hi ces,

Thanks for posting these pictures. Makes me sick for Japan.

Cheers,

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