ITOIGAWA SHIMPAKU latest work in 2022 was exhibited by volunteers. This time, the scale is reduced and it is exhibited at the Fossa Magna Museum in Itoigawa.

Itoigawa Shimpaku Project
https://shimpaku.geo-itoigawa.com/en/

[ Excerpt from the website above. ]
The Itoigawa Shimpaku is a unique variety of Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis). Chinese juniper can be found throughout Eastern Asia from the Russian Far East to as far as south as Myanmar and Taiwan.
In Japan, a unique variant of the Chinese juniper adapted to growth in deep, rocky mountains. Academically called miyama byakushin (literally ‘deep mountain juniper’), its dense, bright foliage and elegant form have made it popular among bonsai artists who gave it the nickname shimpaku which means ‘true juniper.’
Crossing through the heart of the Itoigawa UNESCO Global Geopark is the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line, a massive fault lined on either side with tall, rugged limestone and volcanic mountains. On the steep rocky cliffs of mountains like Myojo, Amakazari, Kurohime and the Umidani Gorge, grows a special variety of shimpaku: the Itoigawa Shimpaku.
Since its discovery in 1910, the Itoigawa Shimpaku has been beloved by bonsai collectors for its dainty, tightly-bunched leaves and sharply curved trunk woven with beautiful shari and jin. It is so prized that many enthusiasts call it “the King of Bonsai.”