The rumors are true. 

Thanks for all the love and support! We will be taking you all along for every step of the journey, so stay tuned!

Bjorn I’m of Japanese heritage but 4th generation in the USA. You are more in tune with the Japanese aesthetic and culture than I am. I have always admired your work and your great teaching videos. You are going to the heart of Japanese aesthetic and culture in the jewel that Kyoto is. You will bring new blood to Japanese bonsai with a fresh modern western perspective. That can only make bonsai art even better. Much success to you and your family.

Good for you and your family! I hope you will continue the RU-vid channel!🌲🌳

Wow, it's a big and bold decision and I wish you and your family all the best! I'm excited to see what's coming in the future and glad to hear we get to continue to learn from you thru Bonsai-U! 👍Cant wait to visit Eisei-en Kyoto!

Being closer to family to help raise your child is the number 1 reason to move anywhere. I get that completely. I'm actually excited for you and your family.

Your presence here in the southeast will be sorely missed. Thanks for introducing many like me to the hobby and making so much information and inspiration so accessible! One less reason to come back to Nashville, one more reason to visit Kyoto!

Say it ain’t so Bjorn who will help us fight the Mirai Empire

Go Bjorn Go ! We will stick with you like super glue ! Take care my yujin !

Family first. I was mad in the beginning, since I didn't get a chance to do the intensive classes with you here. But to do a month or two in Japan, I'm looking forward to sign up for that waitlist :) I do hope you are still open for visits? I'd like to visit before the end of the year, before all the trees are gone.

Super appreciative that u let me come and see your nursery and talk to me. Good luck. Thank you.

Congratulations Bjorn! I’m so happy for you and your family.

Congratulations and best wishes in this next step! I am glad I got to visit your nursery twice and was able to meet and visit with you. Please keep up the videos!

Good luck Bjorn, to you and your family. Hope it all works out well for you. I've been watching your videos all the way back when you were doing your apprenticeship, kind of full circle back to Japan and now you are Bonsai master. Will look forward to watching the videos. Am subscribed to Eisei-En so I'll see your new venture and how it grows. Good luck!

Whoa! Having grown up in the southeastern U.S. I know you will definitely be missed. Thank you for bringing a bit o' worldly cultuh to TN. We'll just have to add it to the mix of what's already here and keep on keepin' on! Best of good fortune to you and family! Onward!

hi, I've been following you since your first videos when you were an apprentice, and then in Eisei En. also I can't wait to see the construction of the new nursery and of course the new bonsaïsthat you are going to work on. I wish you and your family good luck on your return to Japan. Philippe from France.

Good for you!!!! All the best and great success in your next great adventure Wishing you and your family an environment that will promote health, love, joy, happiness; nourishment for the soul, great growth and proper pruning at the right time. Many thanks for all you leave as your legacy.

Congratulations!!! Good luck on this new chapter of your life and career. Wishing you and your family all the best.

Oh man Björn this is news I didn't expect, but I admire your courage to take this step and I see in your eyes that it is a big dream of yours to go to Japan. I wish you and your family all the best and I am happy to be able to clothe you on this path. ❤

Hi Bjorn. What a great news. I wish you all the very best for this new chapter of your life. I can testify, back in 2017, how great has been a multi weeks bonsai study by your side in a Japanese nursery. Enjoy and continue to share all this valuable expertise and experience with us. Take care. Jerome

Good for you!!! Best of luck!!!

Got to do what is best for your family, I cant wait to see what you do in Japan. I will however miss seeing the progress of some of the amazing trees you've developed over the years in the USA, seeing them pop up in videos from time to time is like seeing an old friend.

Bonsai Community wishes you all the best

All the best to you and your family! I'll look forward to watching the new garden come to life in Japan!

Excited for this opportunity for you and your family! Cant wait to see what your nursery over there looks like in 5 years!

Sounds really nice and fun. Looking forward to follow you during the hole process. Good luck and thanks for sharing. 😀😀

your content sprouted bonsai artists all over north america, thanks for the work you planted here. have fun at japan!

Love it Bjorn, hope u can doing more vlog in japan like old time.

Congrats Bjorn! I've been following you since 2018 when your videos were shot as a vlog - the algorithm chose the "$200k Bonsai" video as an introduction to your channel lol. Tom (Kouka-en) has spoken many great things about you (he lives in the same city as me - Vancouver, BC); so both of us are wishing you the best!! Excited to see the material you'll be working with next year!!

Woww All the best!!! Cant wait for Eisei en kyoto!!!

The best for you guys! Wherever you go you will have great success without a doubt.

First, wishing you and family a smooth and enjoyable move back to Kyoto. Looking forward to your continuing your videos, your expertise & knowledge, and getting other perspectives from your Bonsai experts in Japan. Now, to look into the remote possibly procuring one or two of your incredible collection and bringing to the Pacific NW. Thank you for your wonderful instructional Bonsai videos.

I envy you a lot for this and it's impossible to not see your smile the entire time you talk about this decision - so that leaves no doubt in my mind, that you are doing the right thing! I wish you all the best and hopefully will be able to visit Eisei-en Kyoto maybe in 2025 :)

Fantastic news - I can’t wait to visit your new nursery and see your family flourish ❤

Congratulations to you, Bjorn, and to your wife for a very courageous, heartfelt decision that prioritizes first your daughter’s nurture. Living your dreams as an artist and as parents is a great blessing. We will follow and support your artistry in bonsai practice as best we can in this transition, with great thanks and appreciation for your guidance in these last five years. Stay strong in your joys!

Safe travels. I learned a lot in the sort time I watched your work. Hope you have a successful business back in Japan.

Un grosso in bocca al lupo per la vostra nuova impresa !!! Grazie per tutto quello che ci hai dato in questi anni.

Thanks for all the stuff you have brought to us via RU-vid. Wish you all the best in Japan fro you and your family in the first place. But then also all the best for new nursery and bonsai trees which I'm looking forward to see. Cheers!

I am so happy for you. I don't care where you live. Teaching bonsai online can be done anywhere, and I look forward to seeing more of Japan through your camera lens. My wife and I have Japan, Kyoto specifically, as a bucket list vacation and your nursery will be our first stop when we get there. I have learned so much from you over the last year of studying bonsai and I'm thankful for your platform. Take care, and I'll see you in Japan! (eventually)

Good for you bro. I've learned so much from your videos and I'm very grateful and humbled for the time and effort you put into the channel. Stay in touch!

Sad but happy at the same time!! Congrats!! And I wish you the best!!

Hope the best for you and your family! Hope we keep seeing your excellent videos and learning tips. Greetings from Honduras!

Looking forward to you and your channel's future in Japan Bjorn! Best wishes to your family, i know you can pull this off 🎉

Best of luck to you and your family on your new journey! I wish i got the opportunity to meet and learn from you in person but now it’ll just have to be from Bonsai-U. Happy for you and praying for much success.

Really excited for you guys, dude! Good luck with the move

following u Since the beginning. I am deeply heartbroken that I won't be able to apprentice in tennessee. I don't know if I'll ever be able to make it too, Japan so expensive... I really wish you luck on this next journey. I wish I could buy that property in Tennessee..

sounds like an amazing adventure and I'm excited about the upcoming bonsai-u videos!

Best wishes going forward. Your videos are so appreciated.

That came out of the blue for me! Sounds like the right thing to do though. First of all, I can’t believe the courage you have, leaving everything you built for the last 5 years behind. That being said, you’re family comes first. Since I am European it’s funny to me how you had to tread lightly around the subject of the US education system. As far as the public school system goes, most major economies have a far better overall education (not hating, you all know what it is). Makes complete sense to me to move for that reason. I also think bringing in the Japanese professionals for Bonsai-U is a genius move. All the best, I’m excited for what’s coming! ✌🏻

All I can say it has-been amazing to watch you grow your Bonsai business. I have watched you many years and have enjoyed every minute. My wife told me when I started that it was just fade for me but that was almost thirty years ago and I still enjoy this art . I hope and pray for you and your family. I will be watching for you in Japan. Best wishes and thank you for that you have done, it has been amazing to watch all that you have done.

Really exited to see videos from Japan! Goodluck🙏🏻🇯🇵

Good luck and all the best for this life project of yours and your family. Looking forward to follow you then! Cheers!

I’m excited to see the new progress. Good for you and the family.

I have followed you as you built Eisei-en, you are one of the reasons I took interest into bonsai, I love your work. I hope you keep uploading quality videos. Best of luck to you and your family.

WoW! i have watched your videos from the very beginning and I have enjoyed the journey that you have shared with us. You have been a great inspiration to me even though I specialise in mame and shohin deciduous bonsai. I have even met you in Bury, England a few years ago and for me and my friend it was an amazing experience. Wishing you and your family all the very best and I'm looking forward to a new adventure..................

All the best for this new episode of your family jorney! I will continue to follow your fantastic work through digital platforms. Take care! :)

I can only wish you the best of luck and, of course, I am sure you have the support of the whole community. A very big hug.

Good luck 🎉 Hope to visit you in japan in the future.

Congratulations Bjorn and family, i know you have spoken before that you didn't really want to leave Japan but circumstances didn't really allow for remaining, so it's fantastic news this opportunity has come back to you again. Hopefully you'll keep those beautiful pots that your Oyakata gave you when you sell everything else though!

Good for you Bjorn! I cant wait to see where you take Bonsai-U.

Exciting times for and your family! Good luck Bjorn, I can't wait to see your new life & your new nursery, Japan is an amazing part of the world :-)

Bjorn all the best for your new adventure, I'll continue to follow you as always. Many thanks so far.

I was hoping to come visit you in Nashville but I understand why you are moving. Actually, I am envious. Well, I've always wanted to visit Kyoto. Maybe I will visit you there someday. My former English professor at college loved Kyoto and I saw many photos of the Zen gardens there and heard stories about it thanks to him. I've had flight layovers in Osaka and Tokyo when traveling to and from China and a couple times was tempted to take the bullet train to Kyoto but was concerned I wouldn't make it back in time for my early morning departure flight the next day.

CONGRATULATIONS Bjorn - I'm very happy for you and your family - I hope to go and visit you in Kyoto in the future :)

Goodluck! Can't wait to see Japan!

I’ll be in Kyoto in February hopefully I can come visit the nursery ❤❤

Good luck! Looking forward to visiting in Kyoto!

Congratulations! You have to do what’s best for your family, always. I’ve learned a lot from your videos. Thank you!

I never thought you would be return to Kyoto. Welcome back home (soon!)

Bjorn, what an exciting adventure for you and your family. You will be highly missed but a great reason to go to Japan!!!

looking forward to visit your new nursery in Japan in a couple of years. Best of luck with the move.

All the best in Kyoto!! 👏👏👏

Best to you guys! I respect your decision to do what you believe is best for your daughter! I really enjoy your content and intend to keep following here on RU-vid.

Great decision for the kiddo. Good luck to you and your family. Hope to be able to visit your nursery in Kyoto some day. Love that city.

Very best of luck and much happiness for you and your family. I will be taking some Bonsai U classes and if able would love to come to Japan and participate in one of your intensive courses.

I'm really happy to hear that you and your family are moving to Japan, the previous seasons of your channel were amazing, I personally enjoyed the series "Bonsai art from Japan" and all the folks on the nursery were really great people to learn with. I'll be waiting for the new adventures of Eisei-en, in Kyoto. I really love to see some collaborations with other RU-vidrs in Japan, there are a lot with amazing quality too. In the other hand, I'm really sad for the remainders left in USA, all those incredible trees, I hope they find a great owner, in fact I'm sure they will. 良い旅をしてください

All the best Bjorn!! Rock on!!

Although you will be sorely missed, here in the States, I wish all the best to you and your new endeavor! Definitely looking forward to keeping up with you on RU-vid! (PLEASE, PLEASE keep that going!!!)

Awesome stuff man! i cant wait to see your set up over in Japan and hopefully be able to visit.

Will be missed here in the states. I love watching your content and how you present your decisions and actions during the videos!

I am your fan I live in Thailand We wish you every success in your chosen path. I have followed you for a long time and will continue to follow you. Thank you for the knowledge you always provide. wish you luck😃

I remember when you guys moved back! Full circle, im excited for the Japanese content.

Thanks so much for sharing so amazing works in the past years and best wishes to your next journey.

Have a safe trip there!

Congratulations bjorn, hope the transition will be easy and joyfull👏😍

What?! Well very sad to see you go Bjorn but as always I have nothing but best wishes for you and your beautiful family. Your little girls is lucky to have you and Nanxi as parents. You take care and my house is your house always and we will always keep you in our hearts and minds. Tu Amigo Siempre

Congratulations, I wish you the best in Japan, and may our paths cross again one day.

Congratulations, good luck Bjorn!

Congratulations Bjorn!, we are so glad for you and your family, wish you the best in this new chapter! 👏🤩🤘❤‍🔥

good luck to the entire eisei-en team, I hope you find further success in japan

Good luck to you and your family. You are very talented and enterprising. Looking forward to seeing your great videos on RU-vid

Congratulations on your future move. Exciting new chapters ahead!🎉

Sad that I never got to see your bonsai nursery before you closed it to the public despite living in Nashville. Good luck on your future adventures!

Mucha suerte con ese nuevo proyecto y seguiremos aquí esperando impacientes videos de la nueva etapa. Gracias por compartir. Saludos desde Madrid, España.

All the best to you and Nancy. We met you in Melbourne, Australia, we met you twice in Japan, we'll definitely see you in Kyoto!

Well it makes sense, Japan is the heart of Bonsai...looking forward to follow all the challenges on your youtube channel. Godspeed.

Best of luck to you and your family!

congratulations on your new path, and your return to Japan! Looking forward to your videos of the area, the trees there, and to continue with you on line🌳🌱✂️☘️🥢🤗👏🤗

You need to do with whats best for you and your family Bjorn. Of course you will be missed in North America. Live your dreams. Thanks for the zooms during covid and your personal contact over the last few years👍👍👍😎

All the best Bjorn for you and your family! I’m sure your new nursery in Japan will be amazing. Kind regards from France.

Good luck to you and your family. It is my best wish that all your projects go ahead and be successful