is a bonsai garden in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded in 2002 by bonsai master Kunio Kobayashi.__TOC__
Kunio Kobayashi began studying bonsai in 1976. In 2002, he opened the Shunkaen Bonsai Museum in the Edogawa ward of Tokyo.[1] [2] It is designed as a courtyard surrounded by a traditional Japanese house.[3] Now, the garden attracts about 10,000 foreign visitors each year.[4]
Shunkaen houses over 1,000 trees. One of the most famous of these is estimated to be 1,000 years old, and is located in front of the house.[2] Though most of the trees are displayed in the courtyard, certain trees are displayed in traditional tokonoma alcoves inside the house. The building also houses a sizeable collection of books and antique Chinese pots and tables are also displayed.