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Top; Museum with a di erence, Bonsai tools down the decades, The Masakuni Tool factory is a short walk from the station.
Middle; Omiya station concourse, promotion at its best with around fty high quality trees on display to an appreciative public.
Bottom left; Open for business, Fuyo-en Bonsai nursery, Omiya Bonsai Village.
Bottom right; Appreciated, a Satsuki azalea, Rhododendron indicum, one of the many trees on display during the convention at the Omiya Bonsai Museum.
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July/August/September 2017
Tokyo, before the Convention
A hotel in Tokyo, my second home, made daily trips possible to much of what Tokyo has to o er, includ- ing shopping in the Morimae Ginza store of Bonsai S-Cube, where they showcase several beautiful trees and tokonoma displays to the passing public. On the second oor there is a small selection of antique pots, tools and two more tokonoma displays. e shop is small, but de nitely worth visiting.
e Masakuni Tool factory, a pleasant twenty-min- ute walk from Kawaguchi Station, is also a worthwhile
establishment to visit. Masakuni specializes in quality Bonsai tools, and you can easily add to the tool wrap those speci c tools needed. is family business is welcoming with the added bonus of a museum up- stairs showcasing the history of Bonsai tools made on site in the factory. is being my third visit and despite the counter piled high with orders ready for the con- vention I still managed to come away with enough to keep me very happy.