| YEAR |
DATE |
LOCATION |
THEME |
NOTES |
| 1989 |
April 6 - 9 |
Omiya, Japan |
1st World Bonsai Convention
"World Peace Through Bonsai" |
Some 1237 delegates from 32 countries, approx. 40% Japanese and 60% from abroad;
Saburo Kato (demo: Ezo spruce group planting), Hiroshi
Takeyama (demo: stewartia grove), Hideo Kato, Masahiko Kimura, Susumu Nakamura,
Jiro Fukuda, Toshinori Suzuki, Shinji Ogasawara, Tsunekazu Nakajima (demo: informal
upright five-needle pine), Kanekazu Yoshimura, Koji
Amakawa, Masao Komatsu, Hideo Chugun, Eijiro Hiruma, Noburo Kaneko
(work: coniferous group planting) (all Japan) [See Also:
"Our Japan Trip Report" by Jack Wikle,
Journal, ABS, Vol. 23, No. 3, Fall 1989, pp. 12-21, with 27 b&w and 1
color photo and 2 line drawings]
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| 1990 |
none |
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| 1991 |
none |
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| 1992 |
none |
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| 1993 |
May 27 - 31 |
Orlando, FL, USA |
2nd World Bonsai Convention
"New Horizons" |
In conjunction w/BCI & ABS; 700 - 900 delegates; Saburo
Kato (Japan, demo: 39 tree Stewartia monodelpha
forest), John Naka (California, USA, demo: 111 Florida elm forest from
a preplanned computerized sketch), Yuji Yoshimura (New York, USA,
lect-demo: shimpaku juniper rock planting);
Pius Notter (Switzerland, demo: Ponderosa pine), Ben Oki (California,
USA, demo: two bald cypresses & work: Podocarpus), Rod Clemons
(Georgia, USA, demo: shimpaku juniper and Kingville boxwood forest on
stone slab), Mary Madison (Florida, demo & work: buttonwood), Pedro
Morales (Puerto Rico, demo: triple trunk Neea buxifolia
& work: Ficus neriifolia
clump) Ben Oki (California, USA), Russell Coker (Florida, USA, demo &
work: Texas cedar elm), Hotsumi Terakawa (Netherlands, demo: jaboticaba
& work: San Jose juniper and Hinoki cypress), Vaughn Banting (Louisiana, USA,
demo: bald cypress group), James J. Smith (Florida, USA, demo:
Ficus neriifolia
& work: for children), Mas Imazumi (California, USA, work: juniper),
Qingquan Zhao (China, demo: penjing planting on 48" white marble slab
& work), Shinichi Nakajima (Japan, demo: buttonwood), Keiko Yamane
(Japan, demo & work: kusamono), Paul Imada (Hawaii, USA, demo:
Casuarina equisetifolia
informal upright), Larry Ragle (USA, lect: suiseki), Felix Rivera (USA, lect:
suiseki), Pat Vanders (USA, lect: suiseki). [See Also: "It Was An Experience"
by Martin L. Mann et al, Bonsai,
BCI, Vol. XXXII, No. 5, September/October 1993, pp. 9-36, with 97
b&w and 16 color photos by Randy Clark, Charles Roy and Pius
Notter, plus 3 lines drawings by John Naka and 1 by Paul Imada] |
| 1994 |
none |
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| 1995 |
none |
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| 1996 |
none |
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| 1997 |
Oct. 24 - 28 |
Seoul, Korea |
3rd World Bonsai Convention |
Approx. 200 overseas delegates, over 400 participants from 20 countries and a
large exhibit of 220 Korean bonsai; Saburo Kato (Japan),
Hideo Kato (Japan), Masahiko Kimura (Japan), Shinji Ogasawara (Japan),
Hiroshi Takeyama, Haruhiko Kato, Pius Notter (Switzerland), John Naka (California,
USA), Maria Teresa Volonterio, Hideo Saito, Ben Oki (California, USA),
Hiroshi Suzuki, Lorenzo Malberti, Marina Pavanello, Othmar Auer |
| 1998 |
none |
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| 1999 |
none |
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| 2000 |
none |
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| 2001 |
May 31 -June 4 |
München, Germany |
4th World Bonsai Convention |
In conjunction w/EBA
; over 100,000 visitors to the event; Walter Pall, François Jeker, Angel Mota, Salvatore
Liporace (Italy), Serge Clémence, Saburo Kato (Japan), Hirosi Takeyama,
Toru Suzuki, Osamu Komatu, Shinichi Nakajima, I. C. Su (Taiwan), Kunio
Kobayashi (Japan), Chase Rosade (Pennsylvania, USA), Pedro J. Morales (Puerto
Rico), Chen Jen-Liang, Solita Tafur Rosade (Columbia & USA), Gill Taylor-Duxbury,
Patrizia Cappellaro (Italy), Sabine Weber, Kirsten van Croonen-borgh. |
| 2002 |
none |
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| 2003 |
none |
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| 2004 |
none |
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| 2005 |
May 28 - 31 |
Washington, D.C. |
5th World Bonsai Convention
"Bringing the World Together Through Bonsai" |
In conjunction w/ABS, BCI & NBF, some 951 registrants; Jim Barrett
(USA, lect: bonsai pots), Lindsay Bebb (Australia, work & demo), Charles
Ceronio (South Africa, demo), Thomas Elias
(USA, lect: bonsai history), Luis Ricardo Garcia (Venezuela, demo),
Gadiel Gonzalez, Jr. (Puerto Rico, work & demo),
Don Gould (USA, lect: bonsai pots), Guy Guidry (USA, demo & work),
Kemin Hu (China & USA, lect: Chinese scholars' rocks), Marco
Invernizzi (Italy, demo & work),
Arthur Joura (lect: interesting native species), Mary Madison (USA,
work & demo), Koichi Masumi (Japan, work: shohin & demo),
Arishige Matsuura (Japan, lects: suiseki and suiseki display), Hideo
Metaxas (USA, lect: suiseki in California), Roy Nagatoshi (USA, work:
Ponderosa pine & demo), Nikunj
& Jyoti Parekh (India, work: black olive), Solita Rosade (Columbia
& USA, work: for children & demo), Kathy Shaner
(USA, demo & work), Lindsay Shiba (USA, demo & work), Arthur
Skolnik (Canada, demo & work), Robert Steven (Indonesia, demo),
Jack Sustic (USA, work: California juniper), Hiroshi Takeyama (Japan, demos &
work), Steven Tolley (UK, work & demo), William Valavanis (USA, lect: bonsai
display & work ), Keiko Yamane (Japan, works: grass planting), Qingquan 'Brook'
Zhao (China, demo & work: land and water penjing). |
| 2006 |
none |
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| 2007 |
none |
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| 2008 |
none |
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2009
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July 7 - 13
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San Juan, Puerto Rico
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6th World Bonsai Convention |
Tohru Suzuki (Japan), François Jeker (France), Salvatore Liporace (Italy), Min Hsuan Lo (Taiwan),
Mrs. Chen (China), William Valavanis (USA), Xec Fernandez (Spain), Suthin Sukosolvisit (Thailand/USA),
Lindsay Shiba (USA), Robert Stevens (Indonesia), Sean Smith (USA), Martin Schmalenberg (USA),
Lindsay Bebb (Australia), Jim Doyle (USA), Louis Nell (South Africa), Sujey & Ruppa Shah (India),
Rafael Rebollo (Chile), Jesus Ignacio Marín (Venezuela), Juan Manuel Andrade (Costa Rica), Roberto
Martínez (Puerto Rico), Pedro J. Morales & Puerto Rico team, Masakuni Kawasumi III (Japan)
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| 2010 |
none |
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| 2011 |
none |
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| 2012 |
none |
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| 2013 |
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Jin Tan City, Jiangsu, China |
7th World Bonsai Convention |
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