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The San Diego Sakura Chapter and the La Jolla Chapter jointly hosted the 21st NAOTA conference from October 21st to October 24th at the San Diego Marriott La Jolla in San Diego, California. Headmaster Hiroki Ohara was assisted by Associate Professor Satoshi Hirota, conducting 3 full days of workshops for NAOTA conference attendees. Demonstration Reception…

September 8 – 12, 2025 Portland, Oregon USA The Ohara School of Ikebana Oregon Chapter will be hosting the 22nd NAOTA Conference and Professor Hirokazu Yokohigashi from Japan with Grand Master Ingrid Luders assisting him on September 8-12, 2025 in Portland. We will be following NAOTA’s traditional format with a reception and registration on Monday…

The Boston Study Group hosted the 20th NAOTA conference from October 17th to October 20th at the AC Marriott Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. Associate Professor Hozuki Oyamada assisted by 1st Term Master Jackie Zhang conducted 3 full days of workshops for NAOTA conference attendees, and rounded out the week with a demonstration of 3 beautiful…

The 19th NAOTA Conference was held October 3-7, 2022. It was the first time　the Toronto Chapter hosted the NAOTA conference, and it was a restart of the NAOTA annual conference after the pandemic. Headmaster Hiroki Ohara, assisted by Professor Nishi demonstrated various arrangements and provided workshop instruction for participants. Demonstration by Headmaster Hiroki Ohara Workshop…

The 18th NAOTA Conference was held June 9-12, 2019. Associate Professor Ami Kudo from Headquarters in Tokyo led the workshops. Her instruction earned her a standing ovation. As you may know, she is a daughter of the late Professor Kazuhiko Kudo. On the first day of the conference, Associate Professor Kudo gave a special demonstration…

The 17th NAOTA conference was an outstanding one led by the headmaster Hiroki Ohara and assistant professor Hirokazu Yokohigashi who showed us the influence of nature’s wonderful material. Lorian Roberts the conference chair and her committee worked hard to make the conference outstanding. On the final day the headmaster gave a demonstration full of autumn’s…

Workshop Arrangements

The 14th NAOTA Conference in Honolulu has ended; it was a great success. Professor Hirokazu Yokohigashi from Japan led a three-day workshop and gave a powerful demonstration on the final day of the conference. Workshop arrangements The photos shown below are arrangements from the workshop. On Thursday afternoon, Prof. Yokohigashi had all the students create…

The 13th NAOTA conference was held April 1- 5, 2014 in Los Angeles, CA. Minako Hayashida and Satsuki Palter, co-chairs hosted the outstanding conference. Associate professor Hirokazu Yokohigashi and Assistant Professor Hozuki Oyama were the instructor for the seminars. The final demonstration was given on Saturday, April 5th, 2014.