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Once in a life time

8th World Bonsai Convention

By Alan Jabs, Adelaide, South Australia April in Kyoto
Photographs: Alan Jabs Leaving Australia in early April, Kyoto was my first
designated base from where I could do all those tour-
Top; The WBFF convention etired from work, I was now free to ist activities as well as include bonsai-related stops
promoted the theme - plan something special by combining along the way. This included visiting Koju-en Shohin
“towards the next 100 travel around Japan in Cherry Blossom Bonsai nursery owned by Tomohiro Masumi (one of
years” by highlighting season with my attendance at the WBFF the most respected and well-known Shohin masters
the past. Cultural artwork RConvention in Saitama City. in Japan) and his son. The nursery is easy to find, cen-
featured Bonsai from the Along with twelve hundred other delegates and trally located, a short walk from Kyoto station near
distant past highlighting forty-five thousand members of the public, I was Toji temple. Then, a day trip to Tokoname, where I
that everything old is witness to a bonsai experience so special that I promise was privileged to spend time watching master potter
new. not to use well-worn cliches like “There will never be Ikko Watanabe hand making a pot and getting ready
another event like it” or “A once in a lifetime event” to for the Convention in Saitama.
describe this unforgettable trip, even though it’s true.

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