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Crespi Bonsai, leading company in Europe, organizes for the year 2010 the 9th
International Bonsai and Suiseki Meeting, from 10th to 19th September, an event already very expected.
Conceived in 1995 by Crespi Bonsai has soon become an event of great importance in Europe, thanks to the wealth of its contents, quality and organization.
For this occasion the Enthusiasts' Exhibition (amateurs' bonsai trees) is planned in the first week-end, from 10th to 12th September, while the exhibitions Crespi Bonsai Cup and Crespi Shohin Cup (professionals' and collectors' bonsai trees) will be held in the week-end from 17th to 19st September. From 10th to 19th September the following competitions will be planned: the competitions Crespi Suiseki Cup, for all suiseki collectors, and the Crespi Pot Cup, dedicated to bonsai pot collectors and pot masters.
The meeting will welcome bonsai trees, suiseki and pots from very important European collections, asserting itself as a reference point for all those who join in the fascinating world of miniature trees and landscape stones.
Courses, demonstrations and lectures on bonsai and suiseki (the landscape stones): for a direct contact with nature and its elements, to create with them a positive, dynamic equilibrium.
Japanese garden, lecture with showing of slides Nature becomes art in Japanese garden creation.
Manga, mythology and Japanese culture traditions The Japanese culture is very appreciated in the West, not only for its fascinating arts and spirituality, but also for its comic strip stories.
Washi paper (wa - Japanese, shi - paper), was introduced to Japan from China around the XVII century; it is a kind of paper manually made through the working of different species of plants like Kozo (Morus genre), Matsumata and Gampi (Daphne genre).
Koi carp: symbology and creation of its habitat The Koi carp makes beautiful your garden pond.
Soba: how to prepare and cook the popular "Japanese spaghetti" in buckwheat.
Nihongo wo hanasemasu ka, do you speak Japanese? An approach to the Japanese culture through its language.
Irezumi, the Japanese tattoo art Its origin goes back to the Jomon Era (1000 a.C.) as a decorative and spiritual art.
Japanese cooking. "Art in cooking" are the most suitable words to describe the refined cuisine of Japan, where over the food quality it is important its presentation: "dishes should be first appreciated with eyes“.
Katana, lecture and demonstrations of Japanese martial arts The Japanese sword is the result of a long forging process of age-old tradition.
Kokedama and Japanese miniature gardens They are both result of a culture, which loves the small things suggesting the beauty of nature as even the depth of soul.

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