More from So Expensive A triangle pointing ... this process takes means that just aren't that many trees around. Some of the most valuable bonsai are over 800 years old, and so the supply isn ...

In many cases, thieves made off with expensive plants in the dead of night. Mitsunori Imai, 60, who operates the Warabi-en bonsai garden here, was left speechless after he found many bonsai trees ...

MIFUNE, Kumamoto Prefecture—Thefts of bonsai trees have surged around Japan ... They were suspected of stealing seven expensive bonsai, including “kuromatsu” black pine, with a total ...