Aloha and welcome to

 FUKUBONSAI.COM

                  The FUKU-BONSAI CULTURAL CENTER & HAWAII STATE BONSAI REPOSITORY

website hosted by Fuku-Bonsai Inc. & the non-profit Mid-Pacific Bonsai Foundation

                    ALOHA!  I'm David Fukumoto, president and founder of Fuku-Bonsai, a unique, premium quality export nursery specializing in Dwarf Schefflera True Indoor Bonsai™.  Over the years the nursery has grown to offer a full range of the most successful gift bonsai for anyone who can grow houseplants.  We ship to all parts of the continental United State to destinations where low temperatures are above freezing with satisfaction and safe arrival guaranteed. 

                    HAWAIIAN LAVA PLANTINGS are slow growing, easy-care, and great gifts for home and offices with information in Gift List #1.  If the gift is to a person that would enjoy bonsai training, consider our POTTED BONSAI which is faster growing and more trainable as shown in Gift List #2.

                    IF YOU WANT TO LEARN TO TRAIN BONSAI, you've come to the right place as this is the most comprehensive Tropical and True Indoor Bonsai website that would print out to over 1,000 pages! To understand the basics go to the TRAINING TRUE INDOOR BONSAI portal section. We offer a large selection of complete bonsai workshop packages and supplies in Gift List #3.  Because our information is specifically applicable to the plants and materials that we supply,  Fuku-Bonsai's True Indoor Bonsai is the easiest and most successful way to understand and learn bonsai!

                    THE AMAZING HAWAIIAN MICRO-LOBSTERS!™ are captivating endemic Hawaii crustaceans that are our second specialty.  They are smaller than a dime. When given an ideal environment and properly fed, they become a part of the easiest care, smallest, and most successful desktop aquariums! Micro-Lobsters are known to live for over 20 years and our larger units are sustainable breeding colonies.  There's extensive information in the MICRO-LOBSTER WEBSITE!

                    Fuku-Bonsai is entering a new era and is committed and growing!  As we build staff to turn over operations to the next generation, we are excited about the future! We'll issue our FBnews Email Newsletter more frequently and include the latest information and sales.  To receive a free copy, please email a request with your full name, city, state, and email address.  Mahalo for your support throughout the years. Please email if we can be of assistance!

                   ~~~ David W. Fukumoto, president and founder, Fuku-Bonsai Inc.

                    david.f@fukubonsai.com 

 

OUR BONSAI MISSION & PHILOSOPHY

TRUE INDOOR BONSAI

 (Scroll down below the mail order section for links to the extensive educational editorial sections.) 

2008 GIFT LIST #1; HAWAIIAN LAVA PLANTINGS!       

       Our most popular gift items combining a pre-trained durable houseplant with attractive sculptural lava that are great for home and offices.  These are slow-growing, easy-care, and the most successful gift bonsai for anyone who can grow houseplants! Starting from $24.95 + $12 shipping.

FREE SHIPPING WHEN 3 OR MORE OF ANY MIX OF TRUE INDOOR

 BONSAI OR MICRO-LOBSTERS ARE SENT TO THE SAME ADDRESS!

2008 GIFT LIST #2; POTTED BONSAI!

        These have larger root systems for more vigorous growth and are ideal for those wanting to train bonsai. Potted and semi-trained in unique "Sumo," "Roots," and "Hawaiian Dragon" styling! Starting from $24.95 + $12 shipping.

FREE SHIPPING WHEN 3 OR MORE OF ANY MIX OF TRUE INDOOR

 BONSAI OR MICRO-LOBSTERS ARE SENT TO THE SAME ADDRESS!

   OUTSTANDING!

2008 GIFT LIST #3; WORKSHOP PACKAGES/SUPPLIES

        Workshop success is assured with quality Fuku-Bonsai components and an outstanding handbook!   Professionally pre-trained prepared bonsai stock, attractive pot, and our unique True Indoor Bonsai Soil make this ideal for beginners, for botanical garden classes or for casual instructors interested in teaching high-success bonsai. And if you need help, we're just an email or phone call away! Starting from $24.95 + $12 shipping.  Special quantity discounts!

FREE SHIPPING WHEN 3 OR MORE OF ANY MIX OF TRUE INDOOR

 BONSAI OR MICRO-LOBSTERS ARE SENT TO THE SAME ADDRESS!

ORDERING INFORMATION

       It's getting easier!  Fill out the new order form.  Print and mail with check to Fuku-Bonsai. "SUBMIT" then request a PayPal Invoice, or go straight to PayPal to authorize payment.  We'll soon be able to handle credit card information when you call (808) 982-9880. Federal Express delivery with satisfaction and safe arrival guaranteed!  Email us at sales@fukubonsai.com

GIFT-WRAPPING & QUANTITY DISCOUNTS

         Ideal gifts for any occasion and used in quantity in many ways including restaurant, wedding, or party centerpieces, corporate gifts,  incentive convention and meeting amenities, promotion, prizes, etc. Save by having all shipped to one address, but if desired, we'll ship a lot of individual gifts to all parts of the US! 

Early reservations recommended for corporate and quantity orders!

Information upon request

CUSTOM COLLECTION   Our older "cream of the crop!"

PACKING & SHIPPING

        Fuku-Bonsai guarantees satisfaction and safe arrival. Our outstanding packing system pays as much attention to detail as growing our plants!  Here's how its done.

to the largest TRUE INDOOR BONSAI™ informational resource!

 

ENTER MAJOR SECTIONS THROUGH THE FOLLOWING PORTALS:

INDOOR BONSAI  . . . for a life-long hobby or for gifts!

        An introductory monograph that covers the entire subject.

TRAINING TRUE INDOOR BONSAI™    THERE REALLY ARE NO SECRETS!  This section provides most answers  . . . how to create optimum growth  . . .  possible causes of problems and what to do   . . . training techniques! 

 

 THIS IS THE PLACE TO START TO LEARN TRUE INDOOR BONSAI! 

AN EVOLUTION TO TRUE INDOOR BONSAI!

        Outdoor temperate trees are beautiful but are impossible for most people because they need a very high level of skill and must be grown outdoors.  Most want to grow them indoors but they can't because these trees are not houseplants.  Fuku-Bonsai pioneered the growing of houseplants since 1962 and trademarked "TRUE INDOOR BONSAI™" to differentiate from those who misrepresent high-light tropical bonsai as "INDOOR BONSAI."

FUKU-BONSAI WORKSHOPS!

       Most who want to learn bonsai want or need to grow them indoors and Fuku-Bonsai's True Indoor Bonsai are ideal. The workshop materials feature professionally prepared stock with a lot of character, attractive containers, a unique fast-draining soil, and an outstanding handbook. We supply and serve as a resource for casual or group instructors.

TEACHING BONSAI!

        Whether you're giving an introductory demonstration to a group of pre-schoolers or teaching an "Advanced Houseplant Bonsai" course, Fuku-Bonsai can supply the highest quality prepared bonsai stock and assist in a number of ways!  This portal section includes some of those ways.

 

FBnews

for the Fuku-Bonsai

Study Group, friends

& customers

 

FUKU-BONSAI NEWSLETTERS

        This portal page has summaries and links to past issues of the free newsletter which has links to the new articles,  announcements of new products and sales, and information for the study group, friends, and customers. If you would like notification of future issues, e-mail sales@fukubonsai.com with your full name, city, state and e-mail address.

HAWAIIAN TROPICAL OUTDOOR BONSAI!

        Bonsai has an ancient history but there's been dramatic changes in the last 25 years!  This portal includes extensive information on Hawaiian tropical outdoor bonsai. Hawaii plays an international role in promoting bonsai as a hobby and as a bridge to international friendship and peace. It is a leader in tropical bonsai and now training its fifth generation.

LEARNING FROM NATURE

        True Indoor Bonsai are celebrations of mature tropical trees.  These multiple apex-arched branched structures are introduced with simpler forms that become increasingly complex to allow understanding of the exotic shapes of rainforest banyans!

BONSAIHUNK + FUKU-BONSAI!

        Jerry Meislik of Montana is an unusual fellow that follows the beat of a different drummer! He loves tropical bonsai but lives near the Canadian border. He's made a number of contributions to this website. There's a lot to learn from him and by setting up this portal his items are kept together!

THE PENJING OF CHINA! 

        Penjing arrived in Hawaii over 200 years ago but has been less popular. The art and philosophy of the aristocrats are closer to American values and penjing has played a major role at Fuku-Bonsai! This section discussed ancient Chinese philosophy and training techniques that are very applicable to Hawaii and American values.

THE BONSAI OF JAPAN!

       Japanese Bonsai came to Hawaii over 125 years ago with immigrants who came to work in the plantations and stayed to build a better life. There early tropical efforts with Japanese temperate climate plants had modest success and a Hawaiian-Japanese hybrid form of bonsai has emerged.

THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII!

        We invite you to visit Fuku-Bonsai in Kurtistown on the Big Island of Hawaii!  It's the largest and slowest of the Hawaiian Islands to develop. It's still the laid back paradise and the best kept secret!  We've chosen to live here and are committed to living and preserving the Spirit of Aloha for our visitors and ourselves. In this section, we'll share some of the special places to see and activities to do.

PUNA AT A CROSSROADS!  

         Our district is the fastest growing part of Hawaii State and there's a significant amount of master planning in progress. This portal page will be of interest to Puna residents or those planning to move to the Puna district of the Big Island. Our independent group report of recommendations includes a land use recommendation to move jobs, services and shopping to Puna as part of addressing the traffic problem,  Hilo-Puna alternate roads, and improved public-private subdivision coordination.

ABOUT FUKU-BONSAI

        The Fukumoto family hobby began with training a houseplant in 1962 to become a life-long passion,   a backyard nursery to provide prepared bonsai stock for adult education classes, the first Hawaiian certified export nursery in 1973, and now the producer of the most successful gift bonsai and workshop packages shipping nationally!

ABOUT MID-PACIFIC BONSAI FOUNDATION

         An IRS tax-exempt non-profit foundation to exhibit, research, educated, promote and perpetuate the art and culture of bonsai; to be the custodian of memorial bonsai in the Hawaii State Bonsai Repository, to serve as the liaison with the community, and to create international friendships through bonsai.

Co-sponsor of the Fuku-Bonsai Cultural Center and host of Bonsai Days on the second Saturday of each month. 

LINKS!

SPECIAL, BONSAI & GARDEN LINKS

        The World of Bonsai continues to grow, diversify, hybridize, and innovate. There were four waves:   Japanese bonsai, Chinese penjing, Tropical (outdoor) bonsai, and Fuku-Bonsai's True Indoor Bonsai.  The links will lead you to some of the better bonsai websites.