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The Exhibition Area:
The World Bonsai Exhibition was held in the
Saitama Super Arena, a huge multipurpose indoor
stadium. The Exhibition was officially declared open
with a ribbon-cutting ceremony by the regional di-
rectors of WBFF. After the ceremony, the guests and
delegates had to walk down a corridor and were first
confronted by a magnificent piece of art, a massive
Shimpaku Juniper Bonsai called ‘Hiryu’ translated as
the Flying Dragon and designated as the symbol of the
8th World Bonsai Convention. This amazing Juniper,
placed in a special tokonoma, was collected in 1983
and eventually landed in the hands of Mr. Saburo Kato
who skillfully designed it into its present shape. This
juniper, estimated to be about a 1000 years old, is rep-
resentative of the history of Japanese Bonsai.
Further along the corridor were photographs on
both sides depicting a Bonsai Timeline from its very
inception, through its development as an art form and
it’s spread to all regions of the world. It seemed like
a walk through the “hallowed corridors” of Bonsai
Art and impressed upon us that bonsai has reached Top; The International and Japanese Headliners with Program Director Masahiko Kimura.
almost every corner of the earth and has touched so Bottom; A majestic red pine bonsai from the Imperial collection.
many lives.

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