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Top; Museum with a difference,
Bonsai tools down the
decades, The Masakuni Tool
factory is a short walk from the
station.
Middle; Omiya station
concourse, promotion at its
best with around fifty high
quality trees on display to an
appreciative public.
Bottom left; Open for business,
Fuyo-en Bonsai nursery, Omiya
Bonsai Village.
Bottom right; Appreciated, a
Satsuki azalea, Rhododendron
indicum, one of the many
trees on display during the
convention at the Omiya
Bonsai Museum.

Tokyo, before the Convention establishment to visit. Masakuni specializes in quality
A hotel in Tokyo, my second home, made daily trips Bonsai tools, and you can easily add to the tool wrap
possible to much of what Tokyo has to offer, includ- those specific tools needed. This family business is
ing shopping in the Morimae Ginza store of Bonsai welcoming with the added bonus of a museum up-
S-Cube, where they showcase several beautiful trees stairs showcasing the history of Bonsai tools made on
and tokonoma displays to the passing public. On the site in the factory. This being my third visit and despite
second floor there is a small selection of antique pots, the counter piled high with orders ready for the con-
tools and two more tokonoma displays. The shop is vention I still managed to come away with enough to
small, but definitely worth visiting. keep me very happy.
The Masakuni Tool factory, a pleasant twenty-min-
ute walk from Kawaguchi Station, is also a worthwhile

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