Museum Map
Floor Plan
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Collection Gallery
The Collection Gallery acts as a prologue to the world of bonsai. At the start of the gallery, elements essential to bonsai culture are introduced such as bonsai themselves, bonki (bonsai pots), suiseki-stones, paintings, and historical and folkloric materials. There are also panels explaining how to fully appreciate bonsai. Next, in the Main Gallery, along with panels explain the art of bonsai, five bonsai are on display. Finally, within three different styles of zashiki, Japanese style rooms, bonsai, suiseki-stones, and hanging scrolls are exhibited. The exhibits are selected according to the season and change on a weekly basis.
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Bonsai Garden
Around 60 bonsai are on display in the Bonsai Garden. Some bonsai can be viewed from all angles, so you can enjoy how they look from both the front and back. One of the largest bonsai in the museum, a Japanese white pine named Chiyo-no-matsu, is placed on a turntable enabling it to be moved so it can be exposed to the sun from different angles. You may also take in an over-looking view from the azumaya in the center of the garden and from the Bonsai Terrace located on the second floor of the main building.
Service
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Exhibition Guides
Various exhibition guides are offered to visitors to the museum.
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Museum Shop
Items such as exhibition catalogues, cotton hand towels, and post cards of our bonsai are on sale at the museum shop along with other original bonsai merchandise.
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Photo Areas
Visitors to the museum are invited to make memories of their visits in the museum lobby, the Bonsai Garden and the Bonsai Terrace
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Exhibition Room
Here the museum holds special exhibitions about the art and history of bonsai and the Omiya Bonsai Village.
*During the curating and changing of exhibitions, this area is closed.
