Dating back thousands of years in China and Japan, the ancient art of bonsai has long captivated gardeners. Indeed, growing ...

Credit: SBS Bonsai, which means “tree in a container”, is the Japanese art of growing and training trees in a pot or container. The culture can be traced as far back as the 14th century.

Bonsai is an art form that requires years of training and ... Chiako Yamamoto is a fourth-generation bonsai master based in central Japan. She's been creating and selling bonsai for the last ...

MIFUNE, Kumamoto Prefecture—Thefts of bonsai trees have surged around Japan, leading to tens of millions ... unharmed because bonsai is a work of art that takes time.” Gashoen, which has ...

They said that until Japanese bonsai changes, the rest of the world can't do anything new. 19:36 It has to be Japan that shapes new ideas and drives innovation.

KANUMA, Tochigi Prefecture--A wave of thefts of bonsai miniature potted trees across Japan appear tied to an ... and walking out with pots between 1:30 a.m. and 3 a.m. It was also raining in ...

Kobayashi Kunio (76) is a celebrated bonsai artist working to secure the future of this traditional art form through outreach to children, and through efforts to protect the iconic shimpaku juniper.

Japanese-style gardeners like Yoshikawa Masakazu are willing to wait a year to get their hands on a pair of scissors that's perfect for maintaining bonsai trees. More from Still Standing Hirakawa ...

“Japanese maples are actually really, really good for bonsai because they tend to be more of a diminutive tree to begin with,” says Steve Pettis, commercial and consumer horticulture agent for ...