Dec 19, 2014

Sales area closed

The bonsai shop in the parking lot of
the Omiya Bonsai Art Museum will be closed
after December 21, 2014.

The shop is scheduled to be open again on January 10, 2015.

Dec 8, 2014

Feature exhibition at the Omiya Bonsai Art Museum

An exhibition featuring the paintings of KITAZAWA Rakuten(北沢楽天)
will be held at the Omiya Bonsai Art Museum
co-organized with Saitama City Cartoon Art Museum
from December 13(Sat) 2014 - January 21(Wed) 2015.

Rakuten is considered to be the founding father of
modern cartoon art or Manga.

KITAZAWA Rakuten at Kyuka-en. (in the right)
My grandfather MURATA Kyuzo rubbed elbows with him.
In the center, a ceramic artist Koito Taizan(小糸泰山).
In the left, Kyuzo's wife, MURATA Fumi.


KITAZAW Rakuten (北沢楽天):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakuten_Kitazawa

Saitama City Cartoon Art Museum (さいたま市立漫画会館):
http://www.city.saitama.jp/004/005/002/003/001/

Dec 2, 2014

Closed days of the Omiya Bonsai Art Museum in December 2014

December 2014, the Omiya Bonsai Art Museum is closed on:

4(Thu),
11(Thu),
18(Thu),
25(Thu), 29(Mon), 30(Tue), 31(Wed).

From November - February,
the museum is open until 16:00 (entrance before 15:30).

On Thursdays, nurseries in the Omiya Bonsai Village are closed, too.