He was the recipient of numerous awards including the Fifth Class Order of the Rising Sun in 1985 from the Emperor of Japan and the National Heritage Fellowship Award from National Endowment for the Arts in 1992. His books and writings reveals knowledge from basic to advance for enthusiast to. Naka wrote two books Bonsai Techniques and Bonsai Techniques II, which were published in several languages. John Naka is well known throughout the Bonsai community across the globe. Naka was instrumental in spreading the art of bonsai throughout the western world. This books publish date is and it has a suggested retail price of 25.00. This particular edition is in a Paperback format. He traveled all over the United States, Canada, Australia, South America, South Africa, and Europe to teach eager bonsai enthusiasts. The title of this book is Bonsai Techniques I and it was written by John Yoshio Naka. He also taught the art of bonsai first locally within the Japanese American community, then nationally, and even internationally. In November 1950, he and four others founded the Southern California Bonsai Club, one of the first bonsai organizations in post-war America. He and his family moved to Los Angeles in 1946, where he had a successful landscaping business with a special emphasis on Japanese gardens until 1968. There he met and married his wife, Alice, and went on to raise three sons. In 1935, at age 21, Naka returned to Colorado and joined his older brother. I recently saw an ad for the California Bonsai Society Convention 55 scheduled for April, The society was founded in by John. It is the only book on satsuki written by the Great John Yoshio Naka with Richard K. When he was eight, the Naka family moved to Japan where he formed a close bond with his paternal grandfather who introduced him to the art of bonsai and he developed his artistic talents. This book is now 30 years old and is as rare as hen’s teeth. His childhood was spent on his father’s farm in Fort Lupton, Colorado. John Yoshio Naka was a master bonsai cultivator with several awards and honours to prove it. John Yoshio Naka was born on Augin Brighton, Colorado, to Issei parents. Transcripts available in the following languages:
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