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M= ore than 70 years ago, Japanese American artist John Naka<= /strong> cut the top off a mature juniper tree and planted it in a pot=2E O= ver the next decades, he surrounded it with 10 more tiny trees, one each to= honor his grandchildren=2E This extraordinary bonsai forest, captured in t= hese stunning images, is now on display=2E Whe= re? 

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