This past week we wrapped up the 28th annual Taikan-ten exhibition in Kyoto at Miyakomesse. The preparation that went into the event was enormous but was completely worth it as the show was incredible and the experience itself was unforgettable. I went with my oyakata, Mr. Fujikawa, to set up for the show on thursday Nov. 20th and spent the following five days in Kyoto working at the Fujikawa Kouka-en sales area. Of course there were plenty of influential and famous bonsai artists at the event, but for me the best part was finally getting to meet some of the other young apprentices from around Japan including Ken-san from Daiju-en and Sakurai-san and Matt Reel from Shinji Suzuki’s place in Nagano. Plus I got a serious behind-the-scenes look at how the entire event went down. By the end of the long weekend, I was completely exhausted but I’m already looking forward to next year. The following pictures from the nursery are a bit late, I know, but please enjoy and feel free to comment!
Responses to “Taikan-ten/Fall 2008”
February 5th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
brother please show us more pictures,your work is incredible,if you could join orkut we could show you our tropical bonsai pictures.i will keep on checking your profile,i am 19 years old and a die-hard bonsai enthusiast.
April 12th, 2009 at 12:01 am
EVERYTIME I VISIT UR PROFILE I AM MESMERISED WITH U R WORK…….KEEP IT UP….
January 21st, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Very nice blog. I to am a bonsai enthusiast (part time only) and a full time visual development artist. I am wanting to make a switch, but living in Cincinnati, Ohio there isn’t as much interest in bonsai as there is in other countries and other parts of the world, but maybe that should be the reason to do it in and of itself. How is living in Japan? I was going to go to bonsai school over there, but its hard to find the time right now. Thanks for sharing. I’ll be checking back.