In this issue

6 News
The call for bonsai critique, the US National show.
8 Bonsai and Samurai
A very special bonsai exhibition at Nijo-jo Castle, Kyoto, Japan.
16 Design sketch
Jan Culek sketches options for the yew of Coen Huisman
18 Styling
Masayuki Fujikawa transforms uninteresting material into a semi cascade.
25 Tony's column
What to do when you retire from bonsai.
28 Gallery
A selection of native and Japanese bonsai.
32 Talking trees
What can autumn in deciduous trees tell you about the health of your bonsai?
36 Native bonsai
René Alber on Quercus suber.
40 Profile
The bonsai passion of Guido Pozzoli.
42 Native bonsai
Size matters when it comes to creating refined olive bonsai, by Germán Goméz.
46 Back to the future
Bjorn Bjorholm reworks the tree he styled in Japan.
52 Gallery
A selection of native and Japanese bonsai.
56 Case history
Masahiko brings a famous bonsai back to life.
64 Not round, nor square
Austin Heitzman explains how to use a jita.
68 Shohin
Nobuichi Urushibata grows his own shohin junipers.
72 Step by step
A fir that is not a fir, Dominique Bosch explains.
76 Grown from cuttings
The challenge of growing bonsai from scratch.

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