Lisa Tajima attended college in the United States before returning to Japan to work for several years as a music journalist. After starting to study bonsai with a traditional master, she created her own style bonsai which she termed "pop bonsai" and began to attract attention as a new-generation bonsai artist.
The inventiveness of her work has been recognized in a number of awards, even some from Japan's most traditional competitions including "Gafu-ten". She has also studied ceramics, and makes her own containers, including "walking bonsai" ones. Her pots have been recognized in awards at Takagi Bonsai Museum in Tokyo Japan.
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