Cool "Air Bonsai" displaying bonsai in the air achieves investment of nearly 100 million yen

Bluetooth speaker which fluffy in the air floating "Air Speaker"As in the aerial garden decorate the bonsai with fluffy floating"Air Bonsai"is. It gained a lot of attention as a Kickstarter project from Japan, has reached about 770,000 dollars (about 87 million yen), which is about 10 times the target investment amount, has become a novel idea that is shocking domestic and overseas.

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Air Bonsai was made by Kyushu's "Hoshinchu Air Bonsai Garden" maker. Air Bonsai is a mechanism that floats a mossy sphere "little star" with a built-in magnet on the foundation "energy base" where magnetic force is generated driven by AC power supply. There is a gap of 2 cm between energy base and little star.


You can see how Air Bonsai is floating in the following movie.

[Official] Hoshinchu | Air Bonsai - Promotional Video - - YouTube


Plants with red leaves on little star are planted, fluently floating in the air and spinning. It is adjusted to rotate 360 ​​degrees horizontally, so it does not rotate vertically, so it seems that bonsai will not break easily.


Add little star with both hands to energy base ......


Floating starts without falling when you release your hand. The air speaker floating in the air is severe to set up, so if it fails the speaker will catch on the foundation and so there was a support holder for the installation, but Air Bonsai can easily be attached without support such as a holder Where you are concerned about being floated.


In Kickstarter, the plants that belong to each investment plan are also different, so you can enjoy bonsai from the place you plant. DIY where you can choose one of your favorite trees There may be overseas even if you are overseas.


The following is "Marumu (Maru-cho)" using 20-year old caterpillar


Wilted maple of 7 years old "Winter cloud (Fuyuu clan)"


Pilacansa with eight years of age "Honokisuki"


Murasaki Shikibu "Shiro Tsubaki" with age of 5 years


Two-year old azalea "Suzushi (Suzushi)"


Three-year-old black-tailed "white"


Nishikigi with age 5 years "Nishikigi (Nishikigi)"


Monogamatsu five-year-old "Monogamatsu (Ippon Tsushi)"


There is a repertoire such as Ibota "Cha Mama" which is 7 years old.


All the investment plans that can get these bonsai trees have reached capacity, but even if you get little star you can plant your favorite tree in the area where you live.


In the project of Kickstarter, it is possible to get "Basic Set" in which a small star, energy base, exclusive cushion, AC adapter is in a paulownia box with a capital of 200 dollars (about 22,500 yen). Also, a $ 230 (about 26,000 yen) investment plan "Basic Set (Lava)" will be attached to the above set as well as a small star lightweight volcanic stone cover.


All other plans are popular enough that the capacity is over everything except for plans such as T - shirts, and the shipment of products will be around October 2016. The deadline of investment is 20:18 on March 1, 2016 (Tuesday).

Air Bonsai | Create your "little star" by Hoshinchu Air Bonsai Garden - Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1280002828/air-bonsai-create-your-little-star