It was a gorgeous spring morning in the city of Kawanishi in Japan. And I’m at Hanauchu a plant business owned by the infamous Mr Kunzo Nishihata. This location serves as the office, workshop, and nursery.

In this episode, we will be uncovering Ikebana The Japanese art of flower arrangement dating back to the 8th Century… but with some twists.

Mr Kunzo uses large cherry blossoms, or Sakura to create memorable installations to commemorate the spring season, which holds a special place in every Japanese people’s heart. Fortunately, we are given access to see the master himself at work later on in the episode.

Mr Kunzo does not limit himself to the traditional ikebana style, going out of the way to use tropical plants, including rare aroids for exuberant exhibitions.

If you have missed the previous episode, we tour the nursery, that houses tons of fascinating rare plants. Mr Kunzo uses some of this stock in flower arrangement projects, giving him limitless creative options to create unique and timeless masterpieces.

We follow the great Ikebana master in an epic sakura arrangement session at the Hilton Plaza Hotel Osaka.

Kunzo's website: https://hanauchu.co.jp/
Kunzo's Instagram: @kunzo_n
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Timeline:
00:00 Introduction
01:11 Studio/workshop tour
04:26 Finished masterpiece
05:25 Performance start
07:11 Act II: Timelapse
08:27 Final Act: The big one