is the nickname for the
bonsai nursery precinct in ,
Kita-ku, Saitama
250px, Ōmiya Bonsai Village
is one of ten wards of the city of Saitama, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, and is located in the northwestern part of the city. , the ward had an estimated population of 148,935 and a population density of 8800 per ...
, 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).
History
*1925: Settled by a group of professional bonsai gardeners who originally lived around Dangō-Zaka (Hongō) area in
Tokyo
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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.
[http://www.geocities.co.jp/HeartLand-Apricot/7111/sub2-2.htm from by Shōzō Kusakabe, 1996.]
*1940 Ōsato village merged with other villages to form
Ōmiya city.
*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 designation of Saitama City Bonsai-chō was classified in Kita-ku.
Today
The Bonsai Village consists of about ten privately owned bonsai gardens. From the early 1990s, Omiya Bonsai-cho has seen a slight contraction in the number of nurseries. As of 2007, the Bonsai Village contains hundreds of thousands of bonsai trees in a site of about 330,000 square meters.
The area also contains the Omiya Bonsai Art Museum, opened in 2010. The museum has indoor exhibits of bonsai history and art, as well as an outdoor area with a number of bonsai specimens. Some of the museum's materials were drawn from the Takagi Bonsai Museum of Art in Tokyo.
Each year, 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.
See also
*
Bonsai - Japanese tradition of growing miniature trees in containers
References
External links
Bonsai in Japan Omiya
{{DEFAULTSORT:Omiya Bonsai Village
Buildings and structures in Saitama (city)
Bonsai
Gardens in Saitama Prefecture
Tourist attractions in Saitama Prefecture