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Arcobonsai, Celebrating 31 years
of conventions and hosting
the national Congress of Union
Bonsaisti Italiani (UBI) five times.

By Massimo Bandera, Italy
After three days of bright sunshine the XXXI edition
of Arcobonsai that housed the XXth Congress of the
Union Bonsaisti Italian (UBI) came to a close.
During the more than thirty years of activity,
the Arcobonsai has hosted the national Congress
five times, but this time, it was to celebrate the
20th anniversary of the Association’s activities and,
therefore, the event had special significance.
In addition, through the Consulate General of Japan
in Milan, the Local Coordination Committee for the
150th anniversary of relations between Italy and Japan
participated in the event.
The Italian bonsai community responded
enthusiastically to the invitation dell’UBI and
Arcobonsai in large numbers and in some cases,
there was the need to set some limits to requests for
participation.
The numbers are always impressive; 120 plants on
display, 20 suiseki, 240 participants at the welcome
dinner and 400 at the awards dinner, more than 3000
visitors to the exhibitions, more than 460 guests
attending the Conference, 57 bonsai vendors as well as The plant designs proposed by Carlo Cipollini and
20 operators of horticulture and local products from Adriano Bonini and their valuable advice has now
agriculture. become a fixed and anticipated component at the
The conference was opened by the Consul Congress.
General of Japan in Milan, His Excellency Dr. As always, the cultural program has been
Shinichi Nakatsugawa, expressing his pleasure and carefully prepared, and this year it was possible to
appreciation, both for the region and for the location. enjoy Massimo Bandera’s report on “exhibitions
He was very interested by the exhibition displayed in of Katayama,” the must-see presentations of Luca
the Municipal Casino, with particular attention to Bragazzi and Augusto Marchesini, as well as the very
aspects of the bonsai that were expertly illustrated by interesting workshops of Silvia Orsi for kusamono and
Shozo Tanaka. Sonia Stella for sumi-e. BCI Director Massimo Bandera
The Arcobonsai instructors trophy was awarded to The event was complemented by shiatsu massage awarded three BCI Excellence
John Mugnas, and between 21 Italian Bonsai Clubs, offered to guests by Lucia Valais, the flag-wavers of Awards: Paolo Dassetto for his
the club award went to Association Umbria Bonsai. Feltre, the Dro Band, and the food and beverage outlets viewing stone, (Marco Tarozzo
shown top right accepting the
Considerable interest was aroused by the managed by volunteer associations who offered dishes award for Paolo Dassetto); Zino
performances of the three foreign guests: David featuring the local cuisine. Rongo for his juniper bonsai
Benavente Lopez from Spain, Rock Junior, Brazil and In short, during the three days of celebration and (middle right and bottom
the Seok Kim Ju, Korea. friendship some problems of coexistence between right); and Fabio Mantovani for
The same applies to the demonstrations by the National Associations were also set aside. his Juniperus chinensis, (middle
left) that also received the UBI
Bonsai Schools recognized by UBI and who have Award 2016 and is featured
achieved high levels regarding teaching bonsai in Italy. on the cover of this issue. The
tree is the subject of an article
by Massimo Bandera in an
upcoming issue.

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