20 Arbor Age / July 2014 www.arborage.com
SPECIAL FEATURE
ArborMaster, in collaboration with host organizer, Jin Ko-
bayashi, founder and president of Arbor Japan, a company of
skilled arborists and landscapers, conducted arborist training
in Japan in April, 2014. This initiative was designed to pilot
state-of-the-art, professional arborist training to further the
development of arboriculture and tree worker best practice in
Japan. The fi ve-day program consisted of hands-on safety, skill
and productivity education and training in the disciplines of
tree climbing and work positioning, chain saw safety, handling
and tree felling.
We fi rst met Kobayashi when visiting the Silky Company
in Japan. The following year, Kobayashi traveled from Japan to
attend our training programs in New England. He had trav-
eled abroad before to further his arborist knowledge and skills.
He was an enthusiastic, focused and disciplined student and an
inspiration to other students. We were excited when he invited
us do training this April in Japan. He, his family, and co-worker
Hitomi Mohri worked tirelessly to promote and fi ll the pro-
grams. Kobayashi will return to America this fall to further his
training as an arborist and as an ArborMaster instructor.
ArborMaster was pleased to have the support of Alliance
Partners in Japan, such as Husqvarna/Zenoah, Samson Rope,
SPECIAL FEATURE
B y K e n P a l m e r
ArborMaster brings arborist training to Japan
Tree Care
IN THE
Land of the
Rising Sun
