Eisei-en Kyoto Bonsai Garden Tour

It took, I guess, it was about a year and a half of designing and planning and building, but we designed it in three separate sections. So, I don't know if you're familiar with the Shin-Ryō-Sō design aspect of Japanese art and design. So, it's like a formal, semi-formal. So, the front garden is a very formal garden, indicated by the pathway, very harsh stones on the ground. And this middle section is the semi-formal section, transitions between harsh stones and harsh stones. More of the garden designer that I hired came up with this idea, this concept. I drew the initial layout, all the benches and all the poles we've done, and she added all the I really like the, what he chose for the stones, the stone poles, and then the You don't see that well in your videos, you don't have the same feel, you gotta see it. These are all repurposed from other gardens and other facilities. I think we've mostly I don't know what they're usable for, but they're repurposed here, and then the only ones that were made for the garden were the benches, but everything else is repurposed. Imported American stuff first, so it's not Japanese wood. I didn't know that the garden designer was going to bring that in. So, apparently, they use this type of wood for big framing within houses, so it's easy to access big pieces of it. I think that's why it's a little cheaper. I love the details of the Ah, the roof there. This is all traditional. And inside of the house, this room here is two-storied ceiling, but the ceiling is the same. The ceiling feels kind of continuous. I studied architecture. Oh, you did? Okay, nice. I really like your video for the way they clean the place, like the construction site. It's amazing. From the time they broke ground until they finished was exactly nine months. Yeah, so three, four months to build the garden. Especially in the United States. Yeah, I've been collecting these for the last three years, behind the scenes. Some of these, I'd say 70% of them. That's hard to say. This is one of my favorites. This is a tree that was designed by a fellow named Kibate-san. He's a former apprentice of Shinya Kobayashi. He designed this tree basically from scratch. I mean, he put it in a soccer team a number of years ago. I think it's in the 50th anniversary book. And then the pod is a custom-made pod by a friend of mine from the States. He'll actually be here in about 10 minutes. Oh, really? Yeah, he'll get to meet him. Oh, nice. We're doing a special exhibition here at the Taikon Tennis Ball. Yeah. So my trees and his pods were heathens by an artist from Spain. You can hang them on the walls around the garden. Oh, that's amazing. Yeah, this tree has something to do with the famous Kobayashi tree. The same feeling. Yeah, the same vibe to the trees. Yeah, more natural style. Exactly. Yeah, I quite like that. You know, like fusion-style trees with the dangling branch. I think we can. Maybe we'll just do that. I protect that tree from the mosquitoes. Yeah, just stay just like that. Yeah, yeah, yeah, stay there. It's a heavy pod. Oh, nice. Oh, that's super cool. I like that. That's awesome. Thank you very much for that. I appreciate it, guys. So this was it in ACN in Bjorn. We saw the tour with all the Dutch delegacy here. See you next time in Bonsai Den Haag.