Taishoen
The next Leg of the trip saw us visiting Urushibata San and Taishoen. There are a mad amount of awesome shohin, Chuhin, and Omono bonsai at Taishoen, and it’s definitely a nursery not to be missed!

A few large Shinpaku bonsai…

Massive pines!

Tosho

Kaede

Killer cascade Shinpaku in development.

Ume!!!

Shohin Tosho with some really impressive Ibo-jin.

Broom style Keyaki.

Twisty shohin Shinpaku.
Daijuen
Next up, we met up with Mr. Ken Fujiwara, who prepared Matt’s Kaede thr appeared in Kokufu earlier this year. Mr. Fujiwara apprenticed at Daijuen, and was kind enough to take us on a tour of Daijuen, Shinpukuji Temple, and Aichien.
Daijuen had a large number of world class large pines, in addition to some impressive Tosho and maples.

A few large Pines….

Seas of pines.

Still more seas of pines…

Oceans of pines!

Pines!!

Broom style Keyaki.

Killer base on a multi trunk…