One of the most common stops on bonsai tours in Japan is Shunka-en, the garden of Kunio Kobayashi. By car or train it’s about 20 minutes east of Ueno Park, home to the Kokufu exhibit, in Edogawa. I first visited Shunka-en, or “spring flower garden,” twenty-seven years ago. Since that trip, the garden has changed […]
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Bonsai on display at Kunio Kobayashi’s
One of the nice things about visiting Kunio Kobayashi’s garden is that he has many display rooms in his house that are filled with bonsai. No tour here is complete without a pass through these rooms. Here are some of the highlights that were on display this past February. Root over rock black pine Japanese flowering […]