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Fuku Bonsai
Cultural Center
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PHOTOS |
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Click on a thumbnail to
see a larger version of the photo |
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OVERVIEW |
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On the Big
Island between the town of Hilo and Hawaii
Volcanoes National Park, is Fuku-Bonsai, a
working nursery that ships over 1,000 True
Indoor Bonsaiä each month. With roots from a
Fukumoto family hobby since 1962, the
company became Hawaii's first certified
export nursery in 1973 and a corporation
since 1985. With the non-profit Mid-Pacific
Bonsai Foundation, it underwrites and
co-hosts the Hawaii State Bonsai Repository.
Now, when Hawaii bonsai masters pass away,
their finest bonsai can come here to be
enjoyed by visitors.
The collection is amongst the most varied in
the world with Japanese bonsai, Chinese
penjing, Hawaiian tropical outdoor bonsai
and Fuku-Bonsai's specialty True Indoor
Bonsai. Significant trees have been trained
by visiting masters including Saburo Kato,
Tom Yamamoto, John Naka, Shinji Ogasawara,
Pius Notter, and others. Memorial trees are
by Haruo Kaneshiro, Horace Clay, Jackson
Kansako, Theodore Oto and others.
Contemporary donated bonsai have been from
Ted Tsukiyama, Hiroshi Ikeda, Jiro Tanaka,
and others. The collection is maintained by
Michael Imaino, a Fuku-Bonsai senior manager
and foundation president who has been with
Fuku-Bonsai since 1983.
Fuku-Bonsai's True Indoor Bonsai (houseplant
bonsai) are the easiest to care and most
successful bonsai gift for anyone who can
grow houseplants. Extensive educational and
workshop information is available on the
website, which would print out to over 800
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DIRECTIONS |
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17-656
Olaa Road, Kurtistown, Hawaii 96760
Tel: (808) 982-9880 |
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WEBSITE |
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http://www.fukubonsai.com |
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