The son of this family business was charming and friendly, he and his wife were more than happy to assist with any enquiry. She is an english teacher at the local school and consequently speaks fluent english – which was a enormously fortunate for me.
The tree pictured was collected from the local mountains. It has been in training for 250 years and was quite old when it was carefully removed from between 2 large boulders in it’s original location.
This couple were nothing short of amazing.
Ah, it’s a tough old life – sweet cold tea and masterpieces as far as the eye can see…
A peek over the fence – the neighbours are busy at work too…
This couple spent 3 hours out of their workday, driving me to local nurseries and assisting my every query.
They also provided me with the stamp map pictured.
If you visit Kinashi you MUST go to this nursery!
The home of the above Family
I stumbled across this by accident:
35degrees celcius in the shade and Grannie is busy with this masterpiece.
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Pingback by Pictorial Gallery - Nurseries by Locale « Japan Bonsai Tour — September 29, 2006 @ 8:32 am
Thank you for sharing this pictures.
I hope in the future to do the same as you did.
Greetings ED
Comment by Ed van der Reek — October 1, 2006 @ 7:49 pm
These are absolutely KILLER TREES plus the photography is fabulous!!
Comment by Bill — November 1, 2006 @ 9:24 pm
Wonderful! But remember, the europeans will soon surpass the Japanese in Bonsai,
NOT !!! While others pronounce how good they are, the Japanese quietly go about creating the best Bonsai in the world. What an amazing hidden treasure you discovered! Thank you for sharing!!!
Mark
Comment by Mark — November 3, 2006 @ 10:25 am
Dear Sir or Madan:
Your bonsai are really nice. I would like to have more information about your work. We are a import company and I would like to import your bonsai into my country.
Regards
Comment by Hermida — March 20, 2007 @ 7:23 pm