Hello! from Bonsai Pot Store YUKIMONO!
September has arrived in Tokyo, and we are getting ready for bonsai exhibition season. How is it in your area?
This time, we’d like to share our experience of participating in a local bonsai exhibition, along with our shop’s owner and customers.
Near our shop, there’s a shrine called ”Ogikubo Hachiman Shrine." Every year during the autumn festival, bonsai displays are held along the shrine’s corridor. It’s a small local event, but it has been going on for over half a century. This year, our shop’s owner Yuki and customers took part in the exhibition. It was held on September 14th and 15th, 2024.
The stunning large bonsai featured in the photos are owned by this shrine and long-established local shop in the area. They are also works exhibited by nearby bonsai professionals and experienced enthusiasts.
This is a work by a young person who started bonsai a few years ago and is also a customer of our shop. The small grass plant pot on the left was made by Echizen Bunzan. It's truly lovely, isn’t it?
Can you see a pumpkin on display? It has small fruit growing on it. Displaying something like this is quite fun, isn’t it? This is a work by a professional bonsai artist who lives near the shrine.
This is an exhibit by our shop’s owner, Yuki. It features a black pine and a type of fern known as 'Hitotsuba' in Japan. The black pine is over 80 years old. The pot has a rather interesting shape, made by the ceramic artist Hiroshi Onuma.
This is a work by one of our customers. It features a red pine and some small grass plants. This person just started bonsai this spring, and I think it’s beautifully arranged.
This is also an exhibit by our shop’s owner. It features rice, a wax tree, and Trachelospermum asiaticum.
We displayed various types of Nandina together with our customers. This was also a lot of fun!
The light purple pot below and the green pot on the right are works by Eimei of Tokoname. The white round pot on the left was made by the British bonsai potter, Stonemonkey.
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