Kaede Bonsai-En!
Owner/Artist: Matthew H. Ouwinga
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Hello!

Thanks for visiting my website.  My name is Matt
Ouwinga and I live in the chicago land area.  Bonsai
has been a huge passion of mine since I was 17
years old. When was 21 I went to Japan for the first
time and saw the Kokufu-en exhibit and was even
more inspired to follow my dream of going to Japan
to study bonsai.  About a year later I came in contact
Mr. Yoshi Nakamizu who organized the International
School of Bonsai through Mr. Kunio Kobayashi who at
the time won more Kokufu-ten and Sakufu-ten grand
prizes than any other bonsai master.  Mr. Nakamizu
and I talked regularly and I decided that going to
study was something I had to do.  For a summer I
lived, worked, and studied bonsai in Japan under Mr.
Kobayashi.  

Being a high school teacher, the time frame for my
leaving the states and going to study in Japan
worked out nicely with my 3 month summer vacation.
 During my study in Japan I was able to work on and
see some of the finest bonsai in the world.  I am very
grateful to Mr. Kobayashi, Mr. Nakamizu, and the
apprentices at Shunkaen (Mr. Kobayshi's bonsai
museum) to make my dream of doing bonsai in Japan
a reality, and doing bonsai in the U.s. at a
professional level. To see more of where I studied,
here is the website
http://www.kunio-kobayashi.com/

Since my return from Japan two years ago, I had the
opportunity to lecture, demonstrate, conduct
workshops, and judge several bonsai shows across
the U.S.  If you like to consider me to come to your
bonsai club, please visit my link
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Email:  Matt@kaedebonsai.com