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Friday: Meeting “Hiryu” and
One Thousand other Bonsai
Arriving early to see the ribbon cutting ceremony
outside the Saitama Super Arena I had passed a full
floral display in the Saitama Shintoshin station de-
picting that very famous artwork by famous Japanese
painter Katsushika Hokusai further showing the level
the host had gone to for all.
Lining up with the media, front row to get the pho-
tos I wanted of the Japan Bonsai Suiseki SHIHO-TEN
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, one simply had to see that
the public were going to embrace this event as the line
to get in stretched for at least three hundred meters
around the building. Registration has its advantages.
Ceremony over the rush to get in commenced and
once there none were disappointed despite the crush
of people. I am sure that other articles will be cover-
ing the displays so not to steal any thunder I will just
say that the delegates and public all had access to the
Shimpaku Juniper“ Hiryu” claimed to be around one
thousand years old as well as a display of bonsai and
pots nearly 400 years old from the Imperial Palace,
Top; Panorama of the exhibit. children from the local area and one very famous a display of nearly 300 bonsai and suiseki from en-
Middle left “one thousand Bonsai Master giving a very special demonstration thusiasts all over Japan, one thousand Bonsai along a
years in the making, this (rumored to be his last ever in public) namely Bonsai single wall created by children for the event, around
juniper called Hiryu greeted
the forty five thousand who Master Masahiko Kimura. English translation respon- one hundred and eighty retail booths selling abso-
came in the front door. sibilities were ably handled by none other than Ryan lutely everything Bonsai related and two stages set up
Middle right; Stones of every Neil. to feature international as well as national and local
size and shape could be found Thursday night also featured the reception party demonstrations by Bonsai artists.
in the retail area. where all who attended could mingle. Now it hit Delegates also had access to two other stages where
Bottom left; One Thousand home we are in for something very special and Friday key Bonsai Artists gave demonstrations away from
Bonsai, Trees all prepared by awaited. the crush on the main floor. The hardest choice once
school children as a feature
of the convention to help inside was where to go first given some of the dem-
promote Bonsai to a new onstrations were held either concurrently or over
generation. lapped and how to photograph everything as well. The

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