E02 | | Journey To The West

Finding no way forward in Japan, Masashi looks to break through overseas. But although bonsai had spread widely in his master’s time, it seems doomed to wither if someone doesn’t do something to make the art form fun and relevant in a fast paced modern world. Finally on a trip to Italy, Masashi Hirao may have found a way to break the wall and build a bridge to new audiences. He determines to topple a 1000 years of tradition and turn the art of bonsai into a pop culture phenomenon, combining it with other art forms and focused on the process of creation as much as on the result.