Shunkaen Bonsai Museum

Kunio Kobayashi began studying bonsai in 1976.^[1] In 2002, he opened the Shunkaen Bonsai Museum in the Edogawa ward of Tokyo.^[2][3] It is designed as a courtyard surrounded by a traditional Japanese house.^[1] Now, the garden attracts about 10,000 foreign visitors each year.^[4]

Shunkaen houses over 1,000 trees.^[1] One of the most famous of these is estimated to be 1,000 years old, and is located in front of the house.^[3] Though most of the trees are displayed in the courtyard, certain trees are displayed in traditional tokonoma alcoves inside the house.^[1] The building also houses a sizeable collection of books and antique Chinese pots and tables are also displayed.^[3]