Map of Historical Omiya.
Kyuka-En is toward lower right.
The Story of "Bonsai", The Omiya Bonsai Art Museum, Saitama, March 21, 2014, back cover.
Above is larger than approx. 15x20 cm original to better show details.

Another Map of Omiya, c.2008, from an Italian site
Note that on the right-hand edge, Fukushima-en is crossed out.
First discovered by our researches in the July 2006 JSelect article,
there are very few references to this nursery which is said to have featured "bonsai, mainly on azalea, which can easily be grown at home.."
Note also that Seifu-en and Issei-en, as they are both south of the Tobu-Noda train line, are not indicated on the other maps.
Seifu-en does show up in the grid at the bottom of this page; Issei-en (aka Isei-en) was established by Noboru Kaneko (b. March 28, 1940).

Guide to Bonsaimura,
Richard M. Klein Letter to the Editor, Bonsai Magazine
June 1974, pg. 30.

Map of Omiya, from a leaflet about the village, c.1935.
Kyuka-En is along right edge center.
("Introduction to Omiya Bonsai Village," The Omiya Bonsai Art Museum.)



The Google Map of this area is here.


The Omiya Bonsai Art Museum's newsletter, Jinshari.


The 100th Anniversary of Omiya is happening in 2025.

This table was originally based on Map of Historical Omiya from The Story of "Bonsai" by The Omiya Bonsai Art Museum, with existence in the year 2000 based on Bonsai-in-Asia; plus additional details from Kyuzo Murata; Katō Family and Mansei-en; Feb Also; "Omiya Bonsai Village" by Bonsai Empire; "Omiya Bonsai Six Gardens", which states that Toju-en was started in 1931; "About Bonsai" by The Omiya Bonsai Art Museum; "Saitama International Bonsai Academy"; "Bonsai master Kaori Yamada" * ; "A Private Visit to Omiya Bonsai Village" by William N. Valavanis, February 13, 2019; In personal email to RJB , November 5, 2023 states that "[Fuzo Takeyama's] master passed away during his training, and he was able to open the [Fuyoen] garden with the help of various people in the village." and "Ayumi of Bonsai Village 80 years (created by adding and modifying based on the exhibition panel of the 80th anniversary of the opening of Omiya Bonsai Village and the 'commemorative magazine' Last updated: May 29, 2014)", brought to RJB's attention by Adam Webster, 04 Jul 2021, Google Translation into Engliah.  It is stated here that Motosuke Hamano's "Fujijuen" opened in 1928.  (The next line states that "World War I occurs" [sic].)  Also, it states that Shinji Ogasawara's "Seifuen" was opened in 1948.  However, according to Ogasawara's May 25 Bonsai Book of Days listing, the original founding in 1948 was "at Takeyama near the ocean," and it was about fourteen years later that "he moved his nursery Seifu-En to Omiya since the ocean air and strong winds at the Tateyama location were proving unfavorable to good bonsai growing and maintenance."  The following locations are listed in this article but not on the official map above:

Ariake-en

1963

<2000

Saburo Ariyama

Ichisei-en

1974

<2000

Noboru Kaneko

Kanraku-en

1939

<2000

Gozaburo Nakamura

Kaoru-en

1925, May

<2000

Atsuo Kuraishi

Komatsu-en

1925

<2000

Ishida Shinjiro

Matsuo-en

1974

<2000

Kakutaro Komuro

Matsuyuki-en

1977

<2000

Teruo Kurosu

Seifu-en

c.1962

<2014

Shinji Ogasawara (1918-2006)

Tsui Sei-en

1925, August

<2000

Kato Ryukichi

Yagumo Mansei-en

1947

<2014

Hideo Kato (1918-2001)

Yoshiishi-en

1925

<2000

Yonezu Umejiro

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