Thieves continue tormenting bonsai growers across Japan, snatching the increasingly popular trees for sales abroad or, in some instances, holding the plants for ransom. Bonsai can be extremely ...

Choosing the right species is key to bonsai success. Popular choices like juniper, maple, and pine are favored for their ...

MIFUNE, Kumamoto Prefecture—Thefts of bonsai trees have surged around Japan, leading to tens of millions of yen in losses and fears among infuriated growers that their prized plants are being ...

The art of bonsai is a tranquil growing experience that requires patience. Although there are plenty of bonsai tree species and varieties you can grow, Japanese maple bonsai trees are a beautiful ...

Stemming from East Asia and often associated with Japan, Bonsai is a delicate art-form based on specialist cultivation techniques. The miniature plants are grown in containers. They require expert ...

Sydney-based Japanese bonsai master Megumi Bennett currently grows more than 300 bonsai pots, which she lovingly refers to as her "children". Roughly half of them are Australian fig trees.

Japanese maples have long been grown as bonsai trees, chosen not only for their spectacular seasonality but also due to their ease of care. Japanese maples are ideal for bonsai beginners, happily ...

Chiako Yamamoto is a fourth-generation bonsai master based in central Japan. She's been creating and selling bonsai for the last 51 years, and one of the hardest skills to master when growing ...

Around thirty species of bonsai tree will be displayed in the 35th edition of an exhibition at the Benalmádena House of ...

The closure of Sony's Japan Studio "wasn't necessarily a surprise" to former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden, who likened it to "pruning a bonsai". "That was sad," he said. "It wasn't necessarily a ...

At Bonsai Japanese Steakhouse, meals are cooked tepanyaki style, which means you get dinner and a show. Expert knife-wielding chefs create more than just a little excitement as they flamboyantly slice ...