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Top; The Taikan Bonsai
museum is owned by Bonsai
Master Shinji Suzuki and
is a stunning place to visit.
National treasures are on
display everywhere you walk.
Middle left; What better place
So how to wrap up the experience? to hide from the rain and soak
Artist Shinji Suzuki’s Bonsai Museum which was open up the sights.
should I be interested in going there. Sensory overload is probably the best way to de- Middle right; The museum and
So Monday morning there I was standing on the scribe the convention. So much in such a short space nursery show that attention to
platform in Obuse with eleven Italians who had also of time. The ideas one comes away with backed up by detail with stunning trees on
been to the convention and together we walked the thousands of photographs cannot do it justice. Am I display.
short distance from the station to our destination. Af- glad I went? Absolutely! Would I do it again? Abso- Inset; the author and Master
ter pressing the doorbell the door was opened and we lutely! Because it was a once in a lifetime event and Susuki, a memento of an
were greeted like long lost family. Mr. Suzuki along there will never be another like it. There, I said it… unforgetable trip.
with all the apprentices who I had only seen the day
before in Omiya were there, offering a very warm wel- About the Author Alan Jabs: I live in Adelaide, South
come. We were then treated to a guided tour by Mr. Australia, I have been practicing Bonsai for around 30 years,
Suzuki along with anecdotes and explanations on the (trees - Olive, Ficus, Pine) I am a member of the Bonsai Society
workings of a bonsai nursery. This was followed by of South Australia (around 10 years - and the best Bonsai
coffee and cake and an impromptu lesson and discus- decision I ever made), a very keen photographer, enjoy travel
sion on the setting up of a Tokonoma and how the so I can include visits to other Bonsai locations and an avid
elements all relate to the overall presentation. Photos sports person playing the sport of Broomball in Australia as
and handshakes and a farewell at the gate by everyone well as administrating the sport on an international level.
simply capped off the perfect end to my trip.

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