THE 11th ASIA-PACIFIC BONSAI and SUISEKI in TAMAMO PARK
2011年11月23日
We three bloggers for Ashita Sanuki’s blog site were asked to cover events in Takamatsu’s Tamamo Park on Sunday. Hardly work, this was a pleasure for myself, my Chinese and Korean colleagues and we loved every minute of it.
That bonsai was practiced as an art form internationally I already knew, but what was surprising was the number of people who are deeply involved with this and is their passion.
http://www.internationalbonsai.com/
The countries represented were from many places in Europe, China, Asia, the US and Australia. They experienced training, demonstrations and as guests the warmth of the professional bonsai artists in Kagawa. The sub theme for the ASPAC event is ‘Friendship and a Better Future’ and in these shaky times, here-here to that …
http://www.aspac-takamatsu.jp
The exhibits were to put it simply, breathtaking. Some of the most beautiful bonsai I’ve ever seen. The BCI or Bonsai Club International were strongly represented with international groups and the parks and exhibition centers in very tasteful old Japanese buildings which were full of foreign guests. I took a photo of a bonsai group from South Africa at the entrance and met and interviewed many people from the US. Everyone praised the high standard of bonsai and the warmth of the welcome and the facilities. Even the small country Slovakia had a group turn up.
http://www.bonsai-bci.com/
The three main locations of this event are Tamamo Park right near the Takamatsu Central Station, Kozai a smaller town on the outskirts of Takamatsu renown for bonsai throughout Japan and the very beautiful and world famous Ritsurin Park in Takamatsu.
http://www.pref.kagawa.jp/ritsurin/index_e.html
My only wish is that I’d been allowed to take more photos of the actual bonsai themselves. I did hear one bonsai and not a very big one, sold for over 100,000,000 yen which is about a million $ US. Golly! Were all in the wrong business … This event will come back again everyone said and I’ll be the first in line to see it as it really is that good.
I’ll be back in a couple of weeks with more news from this interesting part of the world and please keep all those card and letters coming in.
"Pat has lived in Takamatsu continuously since arriving here on a one year study and leave 1981. Originally from Tasmania, Australia, he was involved in education at a variety of levels including as a specialist teacher for children with learning difficulties, and at senior high schools throughout the state. Pat is employed full-time by the i-pal Kagawa International Exchange as a co-oridintaor for international relations amongst other duties including traveling to schools and giving talks in Japanese to kids about Australia. He has been involved with youth education exchanges between Japan and Australia for many years.
Pat has been many things in his colorful life including a seaman, helmsman, welder, carpenter, traffic warden, scholarship/studentship winner at the university of Tasmania, staff at the Australian Embassy in London to name but a few. Pat has far too many hobbies which include tennis, playing jazz flutes and saxes, riding bicycles with the Takamatsu Cycling Club all of which his long-suffering family tolerate. Recently he's become interested in painting again. His wife wishes he would put more time in to helping around the house and the garden which he artfully avoids ..."
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Posted by pat at 21:31
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Unfortunately I didn't get to see the exhibits in the parks (we were busy apartment hunting these days) but I did see the one hundred million yens bon sai. It was at the symbol tower site. I took pictures I'll put them online as soon as possible.
Posted by David at 2011年11月23日 21:43
