A bonsai infuses your indoor space with ageless gravitas, purposive perseverance, and tortured artistry — both yours and the ...

At the 2012 international bonsai convention, a tree was on sale for 100 million yen, just under a million dollars. And many more of these trees are considered completely priceless. So what is it ...

Dating back thousands of years in China and Japan, the ancient art of bonsai has long captivated gardeners. Indeed, growing ...

If you’re a fan of all-things houseplants, you might have considered adding a bonsai tree to your collection. Not only do these miniature trees have a lot of history behind them, but they’re ...

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 ...

When more than $20,000 worth of bonsai were stolen from Fukujyuen, a shop selling the carefully cultivated mini trees in Japan’s Gunma prefecture, Shuichi Baba felt anger but also deep sadness ...

According to the Nippon Bonsai Growers Cooperative, at least 30 cases of bonsai theft occurred from 2019 to January 2024. That number includes 20 in the last two months of the period in Aichi ...