About bonsai at Imperial Palace

There is a site for bonsai works called Omichi Teien Garden at the Imperial Palace.
About 600 bonsai pieces of some 90 species of plants are cultivated there.
Among them are many hundreds-of-year-old trees.
Bonsai at the Imperial Palace is characterized by three major features -- many large bonsai works, nature-oriented bonsai formations that hold down artificial techniques as much as possible, and a number of antique trees aged more than 100.
These are believed to have added overwhelming elegance to bonsai works at the palace that are different from modern bonsai works.
Many bonsai lovers long to see bonsai pieces at the palace.

Hinoki

Age: about 150 yrs Height: 111 cmHinoki(Japanese cypress) Hinoki is widely used as a construction ma…

Momiji

Age: about 100 yrs Height: 74 cmMomiji(Japanese maple) Red leaves bloom from the tree in April. The …

Kuromatsu

Age: about 100 yrs Height: Height: 116 cmKuromatsu(Japanese black pine) This tree is a masterpiece a…

Tosho

Age: about 230 yrs Height: Height: 72 cmTosho(Needle juniper) Tosho, an evergreen tree of the cypres…

Akamatsu Shakan

Age: about 130 Height: 79 cmAkamatsu Shakan (Japanese red pine with a slanted trunk) The tree looks …

Kaede Ishitsuki

Age: about 90 yrs Height: 57 cmKaede Ishitsuki(Maple planted on a rock) Among “zoki” dec…

Fuji

Age: about 450 yrs Height: 83 cm450-year-old Fuji (Japanese Wisteria) It is about 450 years old. The…

Gansekimatsu

Age: about 180 yrs Height: 116 cmKuromatsu (Japanese Black Pine) This is a large-sized bonsai tree t…

Aikuromatsu

Age: about 210 yrs Height: 79 cmAikuromatsu (a variety of Japanese Black Pine) This tree has a trunk…

De-Shojo

Age: about 50 yrs Height: 95 cmMomiji (Japanese Maple) Bright reddish leaves cover a ”De-Shojo…

Kimigayo

Age: 150 yrs Height: 66 cmIshitsuki Goyomatsu (Japanese white pine planted on a rock) There are a la…

3rd Shogun

Age: 550 yrs Height: 81 cmGoyomatsu (Japanese white pine) The Imperial Palace has a site for bonsai …