20,000 Visitors & Hundreds of Breathtaking Bonsai

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Lush foliage and an unusual design. This Japanese maple features branches that are almost down to the surface of soil. So low that foliage covers part of the nebari and lower trunk - something you don't see that often. Conversely, the way so much of the mid and upper trunk is exposed is also a bit unusual (with no effort made to cover the unsightly black scar). The impression we're left with is a trunk and branches designed to show off the foliage. Much the way flowering bonsai are often designed to show off the flowers.

Thank you Bill Valavanis for the your excellent photos from the ongoing World Bonsai Convention in Saitama Japan (seems like we’re always thanking Bill for something). To see more, I encourage you to visit Bill’s blog. Continued below…

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Here’s what Bill Valavanis wrote about this year’s WBC…
“The 8^th World Bonsai Convention is taking place on April 27-30, 2017 in Saitama City, Japan. Held every four years, the inaugural World Bonsai Convention was held in 1989 in the same city, Omiya (city name was changed.) There are 1,200 people registered from 40 foreign countries and it is expected that there will be 20,000 visitors during the four day event. I think most came yesterday because it was extremely difficult to see and photograph much. The event is being held in the huge Saitama Super Arena.”