Niwaki: Pruning, Training, and Shaping Trees the Japanese WayAll copies are signed by Jake! Jake Hobson honed his Japanese pruning techniques while working in a nursery in Osaka, Japan before adapting them in his pruning business in West Sussex, England. His business "Niwaki" introduced me to Japanese pruning tools and and ladders, and he is the largely responsible for me starting Gardener's Kit! Japanese gardeners have fine tuned a distinctive set of pruning techniques meant to coax out the essential