Omiya Bonsai Village
Encyclopedia
is the nickname for the bonsai
nursery precinct in , Kita-ku, Saitama
, Japan.
Bonsai Village is located near Ōmiya-kōen Station
on the Tobu Noda Line. It is closed on every Thursday (unless the Thursday falls on a national holiday).
Bonsai Village consists of about ten privately owned bonsai gardens.
Annually, Bonsai Village holds the "Great Bonsai Festival" from 3-5 May. During the festival the area is packed with many bonsai devotees from all over Japan.
From the early 1990s, Omiya Bonsai-cho has seen a slight contraction in the number of nurseries.
Bonsai
is a Japanese art form using miniature trees grown in containers. Similar practices exist in other cultures, including the Chinese tradition of penjing from which the art originated, and the miniature living landscapes of Vietnamese hòn non bộ...
nursery precinct in , Kita-ku, Saitama
Kita-ku, Saitama
is a ward of Saitama city, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, occupying the northern part of the city. It is surrounded by Minuma-ku , Ōmiya-ku , Nishi-ku of Saitama city and Ageo city .-History:...
, Japan.
Bonsai Village is located near Ōmiya-kōen Station
Omiya-koen Station
is a Tōbu Railway station located in Ōmiya-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.-Layout:There are two side platforms serving two tracks.-Adjacent stations:...
on the Tobu Noda Line. It is closed on every Thursday (unless the Thursday falls on a national holiday).
History
- 1925: Settled by a group of professional bonsai gardeners who originally lived around Dangō-Zaka (Hongō) area in TokyoTokyo, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
and emigrated from there due to the crucial damages caused by the Great Kantō earthquake in 1923, at Toro and Hongō settlements of Ōsato village. - 1940 Ōsato village merged with other villages to form Ōmiya cityOmiya-ku, Saitamais a ward of Saitama city, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It is in the Greater Tokyo Area and about 25 km north of central Tokyo. Ōmiya-ku is surrounded by Nishi-ku , Kita-ku , Minuma-ku , Urawa-ku , Chūō-ku , and Sakura-ku of Saitama city.Ōmiya-ku is the most active commercial and business centre in...
. - 1957 The official suburb name was given to the precinct.
- 2001 Ōmiya city merges with other cities to form Saitama City.
- 1 April 2003 on the day of the government designationCity designated by government ordinance (Japan)A , also known as a or , is a Japanese city that has a population greater than 500,000 and has been designated as such by an order of the cabinet of Japan under Article 252, Section 19 of the Local Autonomy Law.-Overview:...
of Saitama City Bonsai-chō was classified in Kita-ku.
Today
As of 2007, the Bonsai Village nurses hundreds of thousands of bonsai trees (bonsai pots) in a site of about 330,000 square meters.Bonsai Village consists of about ten privately owned bonsai gardens.
Annually, Bonsai Village holds the "Great Bonsai Festival" from 3-5 May. During the festival the area is packed with many bonsai devotees from all over Japan.
From the early 1990s, Omiya Bonsai-cho has seen a slight contraction in the number of nurseries.