There are very few original Bonsai Sensei left in Hawaii. Surely the art will die off or fall into the dreaded Abiss. The time has come to share the Art of Bonsai and carry on the tradition of careing for mother natures small wonders. These Trees have been around for years and have seen everything from the bombs of japan to the bombs of Hawaii. Bonsai in Hawaii has been around longer than Bonsai anywhere in the US. ... http://www.squidoo.com/best-bonsai-artist-ever Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:38:26 -0600 FeedCreator 1.7.2 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:44:00 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/best-bonsai-artist-ever There are very few original Bonsai Sensei left in Hawaii. Surely the art will die off or fall into the dreaded Abiss. The time has come to share the Art of Bonsai and carry on the tradition of careing for mother natures small wonders. These Trees have been around for years and have seen everything from the bombs of japan to the bombs of Hawaii. Bonsai in Hawaii has been around longer than Bonsai anywhere in the US. When the trades and the sugarcane were popular in Hawaii so was the art of Bonsai. The art was mostly practiced in the Temples as a form of worship and Zen for the soul. At the time of the bombing of Pearl Harbor most of the bonsai were then burned. This could have been the end if it were not for a man that decided that he would try to save as many as he could in secret, in order that he would not look as though he was not being empathetic to the japanese.So he took as many as he could get his hands on and took them up into the mountains in Hilo. Only to bring them back down years after the confrontation was over. This was the resurgence of Bonsai as we know it today. There are many practioners of the art of Bonsai in Hawaii today along with the diversity of the Island and the people. Hawaii may possibly have the most diverse group of practionars any where in the world. Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:44:00 -0600