A birthday bouquet can in fact elicit sighs. This particular arrangement is the popular “Round Style”. Different shades of pink are framed perfectly by the arch created by a green Miscanthus. The resulting product is a perfectly balanced bouquet created by “the master of space and lines.”
It was in 1935 that Wakabayashi’s grandfather and flower farmer from Niigata started a shop in front of the JR Sapporo station. It was a store that sold flowers for Ikebana, called the “Wakabayashi Ikebana Store”. With the changing times, tokonoma that once harbored space for ikebana was replaced by mansions with no such traditional spaces. A new era was beginning in which flowers became “gifts.”
Hydrangea, the rose Noblesse, and Carnations. The skinny leaves are the Miscanthus. This example is ¥3,500
1993 marked a new beginning for the shop. The third-generation “Fleur Wakabayashi” polished his flower arranging skills. He won countless contests and was chosen as the representative of Hokkaido three times for the Japan Cup hosted by JFTD. He still continues to improve his work as a creator of flower arrangements.
On September 2nd and 3rd, the Hana Hokkaido group will host an event for their 50th anniversary called, “Happy Life Happy Flower”. Wakabayashi, who is a on the board of directors for Hana Hokkaido, says, “Hokkaido is full of nature but few people buy flowers. I’d like to bring flowers into people’s lives.” The venue for the event will be the West Concourse of the JR Sapporo Station. Wakabayashi will no doubt continue to suggest new ways of enjoying flowers, an important part of celebrating everything from birth to the end of a life.
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‘Fleur Wakabayashi’ http://www.fleurwaka.com/
Mitsui Seimei Sapporo Kyodo Building 1F, Kita 4-jo Nishi 5-chome, Chuoku, Sapporo City
Tel:0120-206-878
Free Writer: Yuko Sato
Translation: David Neptune
