This tree is said to be over 800 years old, one of the most expensive. The owner, master Kobayashi, excels in what he does and has won the prestigious Prime Minister award in Japan four times. His nursery, Shunkaen, is located in Tokyo and visitors are most welcome to visit.

Goshin ("protector of the spirit") is a Bonsai created by John Y. Naka. Naka began the training for creating the first of this series in 1948 and went on to create a forest planting of 11 Foemina Junipers, which he donated to National Bonsai Foundation in 1984. The planting is now displayed at the United States National Arboretum.

This tree is about 20 years old, a Rockspray Cotoneaster that puts on a gorgeous display of flowers in summer and has small red berries in wintertime. Being only 4" (10cm) high, it is planted on a miniature rock. Its pot is made by the famous potter John Pitt. 

This astoundingly beautiful bonsai is the artwork of Bonsai master Stefano Frisoni. The tree surprises everyone with its dense foliage pads which mimics the appearance of a bunch of clouds floating in the sky. 

This realistically wonderful Chinese landscape is part of the Man Lung collection in Hong Kong. The trees are Chinese Bird Plums (Sageretia Theezans) that together with Ficus bonsai are placed in perspective with rock and other miniature figurines on a shallow marble rectangular pot which in turn is displayed on an antique table.

This tree is an Azalea species of only 5" (14cm) high, and looks beautiful when the flowers bloom in late spring / early summer. It remains planted in a Japanese pot. Wolfgang Putz is an Austrian Bonsai cultivator and an accomplished bonsai artist with his work with kusamono and bonsai being recognized all over the world. He has won many awards and is also an active collector of yamadori. 

This tree was grown from a small cutting. The Brazilian Rain tree is a native of Central and South America, and is considered to be one among the most beautiful of the tropical varieties. Budi Sulistyo of Jakarta, Indonesia first began Bonsai in 1976. He then began teaching the art and now conducts seminars and workshops throughout his country. He is the first Indonesian to win an international award in the International Bonsai Exhibition in Osaka, Japan and is a well-respected figure in the Bonsai community.

Created by European Bonsai artist Walter Pall, this tree is a big Maple that is celebrated for being incredibly fine and realistic. It is almost a meter high, and agewise is a hundred years old. This tree is proof of inspired nurturing at its best.