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The purposes of bonsai are primarily contemplation (for the viewer) and the pleasant. then i have GREAT NEWS Almost any tree can be made into a bonsai tree. The John Naka Pavilion at the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum was named in his honor. Buy a cheap copy of Bonsai Techniques One book by John Yoshio Naka. He was the recipient of numerous awards including the Fifth Class Order of the Rising Sun in 1985 from the Emperor of Japan and the National Heritage Fellowship Award from National Endowment for the Arts in 1992. Naka wrote two books Bonsai Techniques and Bonsai Techniques II, which were published in several languages. Naka was instrumental in spreading the art of bonsai throughout the western world. He traveled all over the United States, Canada, Australia, South America, South Africa, and Europe to teach eager bonsai enthusiasts. He also taught the art of bonsai first locally within the Japanese American community, then nationally, and even internationally. In November 1950, he and four others founded the Southern California Bonsai Club, one of the first bonsai organizations in post-war America. He and his family moved to Los Angeles in 1946, where he had a successful landscaping business with a special emphasis on Japanese gardens until 1968.
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There he met and married his wife, Alice, and went on to raise three sons. In 1935, at age 21, Naka returned to Colorado and joined his older brother. When he was eight, the Naka family moved to Japan where he formed a close bond with his paternal grandfather who introduced him to the art of bonsai and he developed his artistic talents. Ive been into bonsai for 25 years and I thought I knew a thing or two, but I was wrong. May be a bit deep for beginners, but if youre a serious hobbyist its pretty much all in here. His childhood was spent on his father’s farm in Fort Lupton, Colorado. John Naka is the bonsai god and this is his Bible. John Yoshio Naka was born on Augin Brighton, Colorado, to Issei parents. Transcripts available in the following languages: