Natsuo Kobayashi

Natsuo Kobayashi completed a five year intensive apprenticeship with Shigeo Kurosu, one of the leading figures in the Japanese bonsai art scene. Mr. Kurosu is the second son of late Hideo Kato and has enriched the bonsai tradition of the Kato family by infusing it with his in-depth study of the art of bonsai display. Natsuo has been his right hand in organizing a series of highly praised bonsai shows in Omiya which reinstated bonsai as contemporary art. Since moving to the UK Natsuo has worked on several of the major nurseries, and teaches bonsai developement and the art of display.