An entertainer in the bonsai world, covering a lot of territory and promising delights to all visitors, including beginners

Hanazawa Myoshunen fascinates people with its wide variety of bonsai, including bonsai painstakingly crafted from evergreens and other source materials, familiar and cute bonsai using moss balls, and the wild grass and flower bonsai enabling viewers to enjoy the cycle of seasons. A large signboard visible from Prefectural Road No. 33 guides visitors to this bonsai garden that unobtrusively occupies a site just east of the JR Yosan Line railway, amidst the tranquil scenery. Hanazawa Myoshunen handles a wide range of bonsai, including small ones so that as many people as possible can enjoyably, unpretentiously experience bonsai and admire the changes of the seasons.

A Wonderful space to come in contact with the seasons and bonsai, and learn about bonsai

This garden has a gallery where visitors can rest and relax while enjoying bonsai. A space filled with the warmth of trees spreads before you as you step into the gallery, where visitors can admire bonsai displayed in the alcove. Hanazawa Myoshunen organizes beginner-level lessons on wild grasses and flowers, as well as bonsai, titled Little Landscapes for Playing with Trees and Plants at the gallery once a month, allowing interested people to craft their own little landscapes. In addition, Hanazawa Myoshunen helps people discover ways to bring bonsai into everyday life, including displaying in a room a cherry bonsai that a father has grown to view cherry blossoms with his whole family. Driven by HANAZAWA’s desire to help people lightheartedly experience bonsai and the seasons, these lessons have been popular among women. They have helped many people deepen their understanding of the appeal of bonsai, and have become the talk of the town.

The appeal of bonsai blossoming with imaginative ideas

The trunks and branches of bonsai are wired to shape them just right. There are cute bonsai in heart and star shapes that take advantage of this technique. One example of this is designed by HANAZAWA Michiko, a daughter of HANAZAWA Takahito. This bonsai, whose cuteness is sure to make all women smile, is a valued gift. Michiko has also designed original bonsais that bring out the best from olive seedlings, the pride of Kagawa Prefecture. Hanazawa Myoshunen has bonsai that are suited to everyday life and harmonize with the demands of the times, in addition to offering the beauty of traditions and skills handed down through the generations. More and more fans are visiting this garden, a bright new star bringing a breath of fresh air to the Sanuki bonsai community.