Notice of Closure (November 5, 2024 to March 20, 2025)
The Omiya Bonsai Art Museum will be closed from November 5, 2024, to March 20, 2025 in order to conduct essential garden renovation.
We are hoping to see you again once we reopen!
■Period of Closure
Tue. November 5, 2024 to Thurs. March 20, 2025
■Reason for Closure
The bonsai displays and guest areas will be renovated in order to combat the increased frequency of extreme heat in recent years.
■Enquiries
The Omiya Bonsai-Art Museum, Saitama
Omiya Bonsai Village attracts many bonsai enthusiasts for its bonsai masterpieces. But now, you have more reasons to visit this destination.
Partnering with Omiya Bonsai Cooperative, Deeper Japan has begun offering four new experiences in Omiya Bonsai Village: touring the Bonsai Village, hands-on creating a bonsai, learning the seasonal essence of work from artisans, and customizing niche bonsai experiences.
During these intimate masterclasses, guests learn traditional artforms from bonsai masters with multilingual interpretation options to bridge the language gap.
If you love bonsai, art, Japanese culture, you will enjoy these unique experiences.
You can find more information from the Deeper Japan official website.
Check out our 2 NEW VIDEOs on Youtube channel!
youtube.com/c/OMIYABONSAI
“Omiya Dai Bonsai Festival” is held on 3rd to 5th May (every year)
at Omiya Bonsai Village.
Event Information of Omiya Bonsai Art Museum
This festival hosts bonsai exhibits and bonsai pot sales exhibitions, etc.
36rd Omiya Dai Bonsai Festival
Date: 3rd to 5th May 9:00-17:00 (only 5th May -16:00)
R.I.P. Hatsuji Kato-san…
(4th Owner of Manse-en, Chairman of 8th World Bonsai Convention in Saitama)
Please accept our sincere sympathy.
Thank you everyone for visiting the 8th World Bonsai Convention in Saitama!
We will post “Saitama Declaration” which was read on the last day of the event.
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Saitama Declaration
The first World Bonsai Convention was held in Saitama City (former Omiya City) by the Nippon Bonsai Association in 1989. During the convention, the World Bonsai Friendship Federation was established and the World Bonsai Convention was decided to be held every four years in different cities around the world.
As the World Bonsai Convention traveled through different host cities, bonsai became widely appreciated as a living art and its basic philosophy, “love for bonsai leads to world peace” also spread.
The theme for the 8th World Bonsai Convention is “Bonsai, Towards the Next 100 Years.”
28 years since the first convention, wonderful bonsai have emerged around the world using local plant species. Now that bonsai has become a world-wide culture and in order to continue the development for the years to come, we must make efforts to pass down this development to the next generation.
This will be achieved by raising successors who will inherit bonsai.
As the global center of bonsai, Saitama City will continue to promote the development of bonsai culture through the “Omiya Bonsai Village” and ”Omiya Bonsai Art Museum” along with “Omiya Bonsai” and work with Nippon Bonsai Association and related organizations to establish “Saitama International Bonsai Academy” to educate future successors.
By incorporating bonsai as a part of education in elementary schools of Saitama City, we will create opportunities for children to experience bonsai as a familiar culture and for them to deepen their understanding of bonsai.
Here we announce the Saitama Declaration.
Bonsai is an art that increases its value as it is inherited over generations. In order for us to continue to pass down bonsai for many years to come, we will strongly promote the beauty of bonsai and make efforts in educating successors.
Bonsai has been inherited for hundreds of years in Japan. We will share this experience to support the future development of bonsai cultures in other countries.
“Bonsai, Towards the Next 100 Years”
We have taken the basic philosophy of the first World Bonsai Convention held in 1989, “love for bonsai leads to world peace” to further deepen friendship and goodwill among bonsai enthusiasts around the world, and will continue to connect people, trees, and peace to contribute to its realization towards the next 100 years.
Mayor, Saitama City
Hayato Shimizu
Chairman, Nippon Bonsai Association
Jiro Fukuda
The outline of “The 8th WORLD BONSAI CONVENTION, SAITAMA CITY” was determined and just released.
Date
2017.4.27(Thu)〜4.30(Sun)
Place
【main Site】
SAITAMA SUPER ARENA
OMIYA SONIC CITY
【Sub Site】
OMIYA BONSAI-MURA
THE OMIYA BONSAI ART MUSEUM, SAITAMA
MUSASHI ICHIMIYA HIKAWA SHRINE
Host
The 8th World Bonsai Convention Executive Committee
(exective office：Nippon Bonsai Association
Cooperation
Saitama City
The Saitama Super Arena has been added to the main venues of the event. At the arena, approximately 300 bonsai and suiseki stones will be exhibited, over 100 bonsai stores and bonsai goods shops will be opened, and spacial stages and exhibitions will be held there.
The opening ceremony is to be held at the Omiya Sonic City. After the ceremony, the demonstration by Masahiko Kimura will be shown.
The demonstration for registrants are to be held at the display halls of TOIRO, the multiuse facility next to the Saitama Super Arena.
Last event of our project will be held in Paris!
We will open OMIYA BONSAI shop 9 days in Paris.
display 4 beautiful bonsai from OMIYA.
demonstration of Mr. Teruo KUROSU (OMIYA BONSAI, Shosetsu-en)
We are sincerely looking forward to you visiting our shop!
OMIYA BONSAI in Paris
14-22 March 2015 11:00-19:00
Discover Japan SHOP PARIS
12 rue Ste-Anne 75001 Paris
Discover Japan Paris
Map
Demonstration: 14 , 15 March 13:00-18:00
“2nd Bonsai Club Expo Contest” in Parabiago (Mi), from Saturday, February 28 to Sunday, March 1, 2015, in collaboration with Omiya Bonsai Village – Japan.
Crespi Bonsai dedicating a weekend to all those who love bonsai enthusiasts but also to the merely curious, who will have access to the greenhouses, visit the Japanese Gardens and the Crespi Bonsai Museum. A rare opportunity to spend time immersed in the world of bonsai.
Special guest of the event, the master Takahiro Kato, bonsai 5th generation descendant of the famous master Saburo Kato. The teacher is the judge of the “Bonsai Club Expo Contest” reserved to the associations and clubs bonsai.
(Link) Crespi Bonsai
(PDF) Bonsai Club Expo Contest
We will exhibit the Omiya Bonsai booth at Noelanders Trophy XVI (Belgium).
Also we will exhibit bonsai that was exported from Omiya.
Date: Feb.14-15 2015
Venue: LIMBURGHAL GENK
Address: Limburghal c.v., Jaarbeurslaan 6, B-3600 Genk, Belgium
(Link) Bonsai Association Belgium
(PDF)Omiya Bonsai Program Information
Nursery open from CRESPI BONSAI
Bonsai Club Expo Contest
In collaboration with the Omiya Bonsai Village
Parabiago, 21st – 23rd March
From Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd March on the occasion of the “Bonsai Club Expo Contest”, which will see the best European clubs engage themselves in the arrangement of the classic bonsai display in tokonoma, Crespi Bonsai exceptionally opens its nursery to the public
(PDF)Bonsai Club Expo Contest(English)
(PDF)Bonsai Club Expo Contest(Italian)
Die internationale „Grüne Branche“ zu Gast in Essen:
Besuchen Sie Japan in Halle 1.0 / 1E41!
Über 1.500 Aussteller aus 45 Nationen kommen vom 28. bis 31. Januar 2014 in die Messe Essen, um auf der IPM ihre innovativen Produkte und Dienstleistungen aus den Bereichen Pflanzen, Technik, Floristik und Ausstattung zu präsentieren. Die IPM Essen ist dabei nicht nur internationale Ordermesse, sondern auch ideale Netzwerkplattform für die Pflege und den Ausbau von Geschäftskontakten sowie richtungsweisendes Branchenevent für Neuheiten und Marktchancen.
Erstmals wird auch die JETRO in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) einen japanischen Gemeinschaftsstand auf der IPM Essen organisieren, an dem sechs Aussteller auf insgesamt 90 m² ihre Produkte präsentieren:
Kujaku Trading Company: Gartenbauzubehör (Garten-/Heckenscheren, Wasserspritzen und -brausen)
Miyoshi & Co., Ltd.: Schnittblumen (Geflügelter Strandflieder, Garten-Levkoje, Zierkohl)
Murakami Seed Co., Ltd.: Schnittblumen (Eustoma, Garten-Levkoje, Zierkohl)
Omiya Bonsai: Bonsai
Snow Brand Seed Co., Ltd.: Topfpflanzen, Samen (Alpenveilchen)
Yamatsuri Engei: Topfpflanzen (Primeln, Schlüsselblumen, Englische Garten-Nelken)
Japan-Gemeinschaftsstand Halle 1.0 / 1E41
The 8th World Bonsai Convention (2017) will be held in Saitama City!
Saitama-City (Japan) was decided as the next World Bonsai Convention site in 2017.
Thank you very much for your support for our bid.
We are very excited at that we can meet many bonsai people in 2017.
See you in JAPAN!
Thank you very much all for your support once again.
Team staff of OMIYA BONSAI Project
This half day tour is designed to allow you to explore Omiya Bonsai Village, the sacred centre of bonsai. Join our free tour, combined with your visit to 87th Kokufu Bonsai Ten Exhibition.
Tour Date：February 9, 2013 (Saturday)
Complimentary Tour -Advance Reservation Required-