ブログブログShikoku & The Seto Iniand Sea Tour Guide

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Kinashi and Kokubunji are famous for their Bonsai.  They specialize in

pine-tree Bonsai, producing more than 80 percent of pine-tree Bonsai in Japan.

 

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Mr. Kandaka, bonsai farmer, is an executive head of the Bonsai producers’

cooperative in Kinashi, which is composed of some 50 bonsai families.  

 

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Goyo-matsu Bonsai

 

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Kuro-matsu Bonsai

 

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The weather and the soil here are suitable for growing various kinds of pine trees.

 

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Maple Bonsai: twenty to thirty years of age

 

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This black pine tree, owned by Mr. Ohkuma Shigenobu, is several hundred

years old.  He is one of the former prime ministers as well as the founder of

Waseda University.

 

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Smaller bonsai are getting popular these days. 

 

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This is one of the special pine trees in his garden.

 

 

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