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Omiya Bonsai Village

The Omiya Bonsai Village is the general name for the area on the north side of Omiya Park enclosed within the Tobu Noda Line and JR Utsunomiya Line. Known as one of the most outstanding bonsai cultivating areas in Japan, visitors take delight in the bonsai in all seasons as they change from one season to the next.

The Omiya Bonsai Festival is held on May 3-5 every year, when it bustles with the many bonsai lovers who gather there from throughout the country. It is also visited by many bonsai lovers from overseas as the worldwide mecca of bonsai.

Bonsai – natural beauty in concentrated form
Bonsai are a traditional art of Japan that expresses time, space and landscape scenery in its own distinctive form and pursues beauty that transcends forms found in nature. It represents a concentration of abundant emotion stimulated by seasonal change, heartfelt affection for life and esthetic sensation. Bonsai, nurturing a long history, are highly valued overseas as well and the word “bonsai” as one element of Japanese culture has now become firmly rooted as an international word.
Bonsai gardens in the Omiya Bonsai Village
Fuyu-En
Address 96 Bonsai-cho, Kita-ku, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture
Tel 048-666-2400
Address 131 Bonsai-cho, Kita-ku, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture
Tel 048-663-0423
Address 268 Bonsai-cho, Kita-ku, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture
Tel 048-663-3991
Mansei-En
Address 268 Bonsai-cho, Kita-ku, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture
Tel 048-663-3991
Toju-En
Address 247 Bonsai-cho, Kita-ku, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture
Tel 048-663-3899
Shoto-En
Address 112-4 Bonsai-cho, Kita-ku, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture
Tel 048-652-1033
Opening time differs depending on the garden (generally during daytime hours)
Closed Thursdays (next day if Thursday falls on a holiday),
New Years holiday, some may also have temporary closures
Admission fee Free of charge (with some exceptions)
Access 5 minute walk from Omiya Koen Station (Tobu Noda Line)


One day walk wearing a kimono (Official English Site)
Would you like to take a walk wearing a kimono through a town with a traditional feel, visiting historical shires and Bonsai Village along the way? You may discover something new when walking in a kimono!
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