Sakka Ten 2018: Magazine

If you want to know more about Sakka Ten 2018, you can now read and download the online magazine of the event. You only have to follow the link below:
 https://drive.google.com/open?id=1wevk4Pr3RUQtfQzCNsbzH01P4_KOIA2Z

Sakka Ten 2018: Master Minoru Akiyama

In this edition of Sakka Ten, the Japanese association will send master Minoru Akiyama, who is going to realise different activities inside the Congress. Among these activities there are some which are only for registered people, as for example workshops, and others that are open to all publics as demonstrations and lectures. There is also an activity which is exclusive for members of NBSKE previously registered, it's a masterclass where we will work on how to display trees in a tokonoma and which is always done by the Japanese master which represents Japanese NBSK in the Congress.

Akiyama's demonstration during the 30th anniversary of  Associazione Euganea del Bonsai  (ITALY)

Minoru Akiyama waas born in April 1979 and belongs to the second generation of Akiyama Bonsai-en, located in Nirasaki, Yamanashi. After graduating in Nirasaki, Minoru Akiyama completed a period of learner in Sunkaen Bonsai Museum in Tokio before starting his own career. There, he learnt from master Kunio Kobayashi with whom he improved the Bonsai techniques which he had learnt in his family's garden.

In 2008, when he was only 29 years old, he became the youngest person to receive Prime Minister's award in 34th Sakkafu-ten, the biggest award for bonsai professionals. The same year, he was also awarded the prize Taisho in the 20th Kojuten exhibition, the biggest prize in Satsuki bonsai's world. During all his professional career he has also received many other awards.

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Every year he has exhibited his trees as a professional in different bonsai events and has been awarded in different categories, because he has worked with coniferous, deciduous, satsuki and shohin trees. He has created a big number of unique pieces.

Akiyama hasn't only worked in Japan. He has also travelled to Europe and America, where he has done demonstrations and workshops willing to share his knowledge and his passion for bonsai.

Promotional Video of Sakka Ten 2018

Promotional Video of Sakka Ten 2018 which will take place in Alcalà de Xivert, Spain, on 2nd, 3rd, 4th November 2018.

III NBSKEE's National Congress: CANCELLED

We would like to inform you that the III NBSKEE National Congress which was going to take place on the 16th and 17th December in Benicarló has been cancelled.

III NBSKEE's National Congress: How to get there?

Benicarló is a Spanish city which is located in the north of Valencian Community. It is next to the sea and it is easy to get there because it is well communicated by highway (AP7), road (N-340) and train. It is 143 km far from Valencia, 71.3 km from Castellón, 215 km from Barcelona and 490 km from Madrid. If you are coming from abroad, you can get there by plane, landing at the airports of Castelló, Barcelona or Valencia and then taking a bus or a car.



The Cámara agraria building, which is the building where the congress will take place, is in the city centre, in 29 Pio XII Street, next to Constitución Square.

III NBSKEE National Congress: Schedules and activities

During the weekend when the III NBSKEE's National Congress  is going to take place there will be several activities. Some of them are open for all publics and others will be only for members.  Below you can take a look at the program of the different scheduled events. There, you will find the time when each activity is going to take place.

Friday, 15th  of December

Exhibition display (only for members)

Saturday, the 16th of December

10:00h Opening of the exhibition
10:30h a 13:30h Kazari in tokonoma (activity only for NBSKEE's members)
13:30h Closing of the exhibition. Lunch time.
16:00 h Opening of the exhibition
16:00h -19:00h Kazari in tokonoma (activity only for NBSKEE's members)

Sunday the 17th of December

10:00 h Opening of the exhibition
10:00h a 12:00h Kazari in tokonoma (activity only for NBSKEE's members)
12:00h Conference about NBSKE and Sakka Ten.
13:00h Assembly of NBSKEE's members (only for members)
After finishing the Assembly, closing of the exhibition and fraternity lunch.

On Sunday, the exhibition will be open only until midday.

Moreover, during that weekend, there will be a Winter market in the city of Benicarló, where the congress is going to take place. It will be near the Congress' location, so you can walk through the market if you wish.

2017: III NBSKEE's National Congress

As some of you may know, every two years we celebrate The International Congress of NBSKE, the Sakka Ten event, always the pair years. The odd years, during which there is no Sakka Ten, the national associations inside the Nippon Bonsai Sakka Kyookai Europe, can organise a national congress where some events are organised in order to allow the exchange of knowledge among the association's members and also to increase the knowledge of the association's members with demonstrations, conferences, improving the way of displaying, etc.

This year we are going to organise the third NBSKEE's National Congress. This time it is going to take place in Benicarló, in a building called Camara Agraria, which is in the city centre, near Constitución square. We are going to inform you of the activities we are going to realise during this event, which will have some activities for everyone and some activities which will be only for NBSKEE's members.

Meanwhile, we show you the event's poster so that you can write down the dates and the place. Don't forget to visit this blog or our facebook page, where you can get informed of everything which refers to this event.