| ign="center"> | | | | With a history of more than 70 years Omiya Bonsai |
| Visit a park full of Bonsai trees and you will feel | | | | Park is the ideal place to get trained on the exclusive |
| exactly like how Gulliver felt when he was in Lilliput. | | | | art of Bonsai and take home a wealth of knowledge |
| These small trees that grow out of pots and trays | | | | and skills. Each year around 10,000 youth from |
| with stunning artistic boughs, branches and foliage | | | | European and American countries study the art of |
| have the potential to bring about inner peace at first | | | | Bonsai at this village. Here you will find a number of |
| glance. You will admire them intently and become | | | | Bonsai nurseries with striking landscapes snuggling an |
| intrigued by their mystifying charm. And you would | | | | impressive collection of Bonsai trees. As you explore |
| definitely want to know more about them, how they | | | | the nurseries further you will come across Bonsai |
| are made and if you could make them too. | | | | trees of all sizes, shapes, colours and types inviting you |
| The term Bonsai in Chinese and Japanese languages | | | | to a miniature wonderland. |
| literally means a tray plant or simply tree in a pot. They | | | | The site also has several attractions including the |
| are actual living trees grown small in size in shallow | | | | House of Four Seasons. Some of the rooms of this |
| pots or trays. Bonsai trees are grown using seeds as | | | | house are reserved for tea ceremonies while others |
| well as stocks, also called grafted plants. Grafting is | | | | are rented for traditional dancing and meetings. There |
| done by fusing one type of plant tissue with another | | | | are spaces where you can relax and enjoy |
| and it is a method used especially for commercial | | | | breathtaking backdrops while absorbing the serene |
| plants. | | | | ambiance, where inspirations are born effortlessly. |
| The roots of Bonsai art runs deep in China, where its | | | | Whatâs more at the Omiya Bonsai Villages |
| famous potted tree art called Penjing inspired the birth | | | | you can even join the Bonsai Festival that falls in early |
| of Bonsai. Penjing is known by many names such as | | | | May each year. Bonsai enthusiasts from the world |
| potted scenery, potted landscape as well as miniature | | | | over attend this event to appreciate this amazing art |
| trees and rockery. Small plants grown on pots amidst | | | | of growing trees on pots. The wonder of Bonsai trees |
| striking miniature landscapes is what Penjing is all about. | | | | not only lies in their beauty and artistry. What is even |
| The Japanese took the concepts of Penjing and | | | | more amazing are their lifespan, where some Bonsai |
| developed their own version of potted trees and | | | | trees claim to be well over 100 years old. |
| named the art, Bonsai. | | | | If you are planning to travel to Tokyo and would like to |
| Bonsai is synonymous with Japan where Bonsai parks, | | | | visit the Bonsai Park in Omiya you can make a |
| museums, exhibitions, festivals and even villages draw | | | | reservation at one of the apartment hotels in Tokyo |
| throngs of tourists from all corners of the world. One | | | | and conveniently reach there. Stay at one of the best |
| of the most famous Bonsai attractions in Japan is the | | | | urban areas of Tokyo like the Shinjuku East Area |
| Bonsai Park in Omiya, resting about 25 kilometres | | | | which nestles the Citadines Tokyo Shinjuku. With its |
| away from Tokyo city centre. Omiya is a ward in | | | | strategic position this Tokyo apartment hotel is ideal for |
| Saitama Prefecture and houses two Bonsai villages, | | | | leisure and business travellers who prefer creature |
| one near the train station and the other situated in a | | | | comforts of a hotel topped with the privacy of a |
| suburb. Hence they are coined as Omiya Bonsai | | | | homely apartment. |
| Villages. | | | | |