In this issue

6 Bonsai Island
Bonsai exhibited at a very special location
8 Gallery
A selection of various bonsai
10 Pop or rock?
Shintaro Akiyama jumps into the deep when creating a rock planting
19 Always different
Dan Barton's passion for ceramics
23 At my front door
Tatsuo Fukagawa restyles a white pine
29 Well suited
François Jeker takes a close look at yew
35 Gallery
A selection of various bonsai
37 Echo from the mountains
Azuma pines are grown from the best seed
40 An offer one can't refuse
Steve Ulrich works on an eastern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis),
46 A bonsai in disguise
Can you use a different variety to create another?
50 Gallery
A selection of various bonsai
52 Father and Son
The Sanriku junipers of Omachi
64 Top shohin in the UK
Daryl Harris reports the UK National Shohin Exhibition 2022
65 Kobano-zuina
The challenge to grow bonsai from scratch
69 Weed things
Keiko Abe creates an accent planting on a piece of deadwood
72 Agenda, News
The Trophy, new online course, events in 2023

Bonsai Focus EN Magazine Description:

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