Nobody Entered This Home Again After Haruto Passed Away

This small home belonged to Haruto Saito for nearly forty years.
Haruto worked as a bonsai gardener, caring for miniature trees and maintaining private garden collections for homes, temples, and small cultural properties throughout the region.
The house itself remained modest:
front sitting room, compact kitchen, sleeping room, and a narrow rear workspace where Haruto shaped branches, trimmed roots, and stored gardening tools.

The Potting Bench Window

Several details still remain inside:

• pruning scissors resting inside wooden trays
• ceramic bonsai pots lined along shelves
• gardening notebooks tied with cord
• folded work aprons near the doorway
• tea tins stored inside cabinets
• bamboo watering ladles beside the sink
• unfinished bonsai wire coils beneath the window
  Haruto lived alone after his wife passed away many years earlier.
  Most mornings followed the same rhythm:
  tea, garden work, and long hours spent near the rear workspace.
  Neighbors often saw him trimming trees beneath the open window.
  
  During a particularly strong winter storm, Haruto slipped while returning from the garden carrying supplies and suffered severe head injuries.
  He passed away several days later in hospital.
  His relatives lived far away and visited only briefly after the funeral.
  The house remained closed afterward.
  Nothing was removed beyond personal documents.
  
  Today the property still carries traces of his daily routine.
  The gardening aprons remain folded.
  The notebooks still rest near the bench.
  And beneath the potting bench window, several unfinished bonsai trees remain exactly where Haruto left them.