Omiya Bonsai Village Views

General Goods

The Bonsai Village was established in Omiya over seventy years ago in 1925, two years after the Great Kanto earthquake in 1923. Bonsai growers who had lived in the Hongo Area in Tokyo, learned a lesson from the earthquake and decided to move to Omiya where there was good soil for nurturing bonsai with clean water and fresh air. Bonsai is very popular abroad, and Bonsai Village has hosted young trainees from Europe and the United States while entertaining 10,000 visitors from abroad annually. Though Japanese people tend to regard bonsai as being rather exclusive, bonsai trees are very easy to admire. Important Note - Most nurseries in the Bonsai Village are CLOSED on THURSDAY

Location: The Bonsai nurseries at Someya are 10 minutes walk from Someyanaka bus stop on the Kokusai Kogyo bus route for Someya Orikaeshijo. You can take bus numbered 03 at Bus Track 7 on the East side of Omiya Station and get off at Someya Shindo, its about 5 minutes walk from the bus stop. Below are the nurseries that you will find at Someya Bonsai Village

Both times that I went to Japan I visited Omiya's bonsai village and enjoyed the experience immensely. Mansei En, home of Saburo Kato, is definitely worth the train trip from Tokyo, as are the many other Bonsai gardens (most within easy walking distance from each other). From: Les Dowdell les.dowdell@AGRIC.GOV.AB.CA

The Omiya Bonsai Art Museum, which lies adjacent to the renowned Omiya Bonsai Village, will aim, through its activities, to promote the culture of bonsai－designated a traditional industry of Saitama City－ both locally and internationally. This will be achieved through the display of masterpieces and outstanding works with the collection of the former Takagi Bonsai Museum of Art forming the nucleus, as well as bonsai pots, stones of appreciation generally referred to as Suiseki and paintings such as Ukiyoe wood block paintings depicting bonsai. It will also entail the systematic collection and publishing of documents related to the history and folklore of Bonsai. Address 2-24-3 Toro-cho, Kita Ward, Saitama City, Saitama, 331-0804. TEL : 048-780-2091