Event Reviews

San Francisco Bay Area Chapter #31  Rayko Kurosaki (Enshu) started taking lessons in the Enshu ikebana School in San Francisco with Haruko Obata and Sakae Sakaki when she was in Jr. High. The simplicity of the classical style, which epitomizes Enshu appealed to her. She continued taking lessons over the years, with some breaks in…

San Francisco Bay Area Chapter #31    We are about to embark on a new and exciting program year. To start us off at our September 20th meeting we are fortunate to have a demonstration by award winning Professor Joseph Lam of the Ikenobo school. Joseph, a Bay area resident embarked on his Ikebana journey…

San Francisco Bay Area Chapter #31  Alka Bhargava (Ichiyo) is an interior designer by training and an innovative floral designer with decades of experience including over 16 years of experience in Ikebana and over 3 decades in event decor spanning both corporate and private formal events. Alka is a Master in the Ichiyo shool of…

San Francisco Bay Area Chapter #31  Sumi Metz (Aratame) has studied and taught ikebana for more than 45 years. She has a deep understanding of ikebana traditions while exceeding those boundaries to interpret ikebana in purely contemporary works which reflect and complement modern life. Sumi’s ikebana has a joyful personality which always speaks to the…

San Francisco Bay Area Chapter #31    Ikebana Exhibition Date: March 16 – 17, 2024 Time: 10am – 4pm Place: Golden Gate Park ~ County Fair Building Address: 9th & Lincoln Ave, on MLK Blvd   Sales of: Fresh Flower Arrangements, Ceramics, Ikebana Supplies and Silent Auction Demonstrations: Saturday, March 16, 12noon: Ohara: Mitsuko Maruyama…

San Francisco Bay Area Chapter #31    Julie Nakatani was born in Tokyo, Japan. She came to the United States in late1950’s and grew up in San Francisco. She graduated from San Jose State University and currently resides in Cupertino.While still in grammar school, Julie began studying Ikenobo Ikebana, and continued to take lessons from…

Holiday Bazaar 2023 San Francisco Bay Area Chapter #31  Come one, come all to the 2023 HOLIDAY BAZAAR on Friday, December 8, 2023, at 11am. At noon, see a lovely demonstration performed by Ohara School’s Yasuko Naiki and Yoshiko Gilli: “Holiday Arrangements.” Yoshiko Gilli was born in Nagasaki, Japan and moved to California when she was 10 years old.…

The Spirit of the Flower San Francisco Bay Area Chapter #31    M.J. “Kitei” Kelly began her love for growing plants as a young child helping her father plant and care for the family’s big garden. Since then she has directed her passion into growing and arranging flowers. She started by studying Western Arranging under…