On April 27, the Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture in Hanford will organize the fourth KAZARI: Bonsai Display Competition. The competition focuses on creating a harmonious display of hanging scroll, bonsai tree, and an adjacent plant or stone to display in a tokonoma alcove. KAZARI is a judged competition and the prize...
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Bowers Museum Kofu Bonsai Kai Bonsai & Suiseki Show Location; 2002 North Main Street, Santa Ana, CA 92706 www.bowers.org September 26 – 30, 10 AM – 4 PM BONSAI & VIEWING STONES DISPLAY, WORKSHOPS & LECTURES John M. Lee Court The Bonsai and Viewing Stones Show consists of 28 trees and...
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The Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens will host the California Bonsai Society’s 55th Anniversary Exhibition held in Friends Hall on March 24-25, 2012. Admission free for entering Friends Hall. Parking is also free. The Huntington Library is located at 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108. www.huntington.org The show will be open to the...
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Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011 10 am – 5 pm Clark Center for Japanese Art & Culture, 15770 10th Avenue, Hanford, CA 93230 www.ccjac.org Supported by: The Bertha and John Garabedian Charitable Foundation On November 5, the Clark Center for Japanese Art & Culture in Hanford, California, will organize the third “KAZARI: Bonsai Display Competition.”...
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JACCC (Japanese American Cultural and Community Center) 244 South San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 August 20-21, 2011, 10 am – 5 pm The origin of the Nanpu Kai can be traced back to 60 years ago. In 1950, John Naka, along with Frank Nagata, Morihei Furuya, Joseph Yamashiro and Mrs. Ai Okumura...
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Gloria Stuart passed away on Sunday, September 26, 2010 Cultural News, 2010 September Issue As her 100-year-old celebration surprise, actress Gloria Stuart, longest living bonsai enthusiast in Los Angeles, was admitted as an honorary member of the Nanpukai, the most prestigious bonsai club in the U.S. Her French black oak forest was displayed at...
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Nibei Foundation / Japan Study Club Presenters: Larry Ragle and Nina Ragle Mr. Ragle is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley in forensic science. He is the president of the California Bonsai Society and a member of Nanpu Kai, John Naka’s select club. Mr. Ragle is also a member of the Board of Directors of...
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Nibei Foundation / Japan Study Club Lecture Series September 7 (Tuesday), 6:30 PM Subject: Legacy of John Naka: Father of Bonsai in America Speakers: Larry Ragle and Nina Ragle John Y Naka John Y. Naka was born in Ft. Lupton, Colorado, August 16, 1914. In 1922, upon the passing of John’s grandmother, his family,...
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The Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture at Hanford in California Central Valley will present Kazari: Bonsai Display Competition in a tokonoma alcove at the center’s gallery building on April 17 and 18 to coincide its annual Spring Festival on April 17. The Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture is located at...
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The 53rd Bonsai Exhibition by the California Bonsai Society <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Bonsai – Images of Spring’s Promise >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bonsai – a living art which reflects in miniature the beauty and diversity of nature’s changing seasons. The California Bonsai Society proudly and cordially invites you to enjoy a most noteworthy Bonsai exhibition. Exhibition dates: March 27...
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Cultural News, 2006 June Issue The measure of John Yoshio Naka’s importance to the Japanese cultural art of bonsai can be seen in the almost endless list of tributes and honors he has received. Of greatest significance, the North American Pavilion at the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum in Washington, D.C. bears his name....
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