Date：Fri. October 3 - Wed. December 10, 2025
Place：Lobby, Gallery, Exhibition Room

The Omiya Bonsai Village, the Bonsai Paradise that came from a Musashino pine forest.

One hundred years ago, Tokyo bonsai gardeners affected by the Great Kanto Earthquake sought a new home. In their search, they cultivated a pine forest on the Musashino plateau, giving birth to the Omiya Bonsai Village.

The first resident of the village, Shimizu Ritarō of Seidai-en, began to live here in April 1925.

In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Omiya Bonsai Village, our special exhibition for 2025 will look back on the history of the village.

In addition to visual materials such as maps, tourist pamphlets, and old photographs, our exhibition room will display materials that tell the story of the Bonsai Gardens, which helped to found and develop the Bonsai Village.

In our lobby and gallery, we will borrow bonsai from the gardens in the Bonsai Village, showcasing the traits of each garden.
We also plan to screen archive footage of the Bonsai Village and the people who worked to develop it in the past.

■Exhibition Sections (Subject to Change)

1: The Founding and Scenery of the Bonsai Village
2: The Founders of the Bonsai Village
Topic: Life in the Bonsai Village during its 10th Anniversary

■Examples of Exhibition Pieces

Omiya (Bird’s-eye View Tourism Pamphlet) / Publisher: Omiya Hoshō-kai, Illustrator: Hatsusaburō Yoshida / October 30, 1934 / Museum Collection

Tsukurigiku Ōmawashi-kake (Chrysanthemum Doll Flyer) / Kunpū-en Mitsusaburō / Meiji Period / Museum Collection

Omiya Bonsai Garden Land for Sale/ Tokyo Tochi Co. Ltd / Showa Period / Museum Collection

■Dates

Exhibition Room: Fri. October 3 – Wed. December 10, 2025

Lobby, Gallery: Fri. October 3 – Wed. November 26, 2025

Closed: Thursdays

■Venue

Omiya Bonsai Art Museum Lobby, Gallery, Exhibition Room

■Other Information

An exhibition catalogue is planned to be published