Honors
In 2001, a portrait bust, by Bonnie Kobert-Harrison, was unveiled at the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum, National Arboretum, Washington, D.C.
He was awarded a 2009 Pacific Pioneer Award posthumously. The American Bonsai Society named the John Naka Award for him. An endowment fund was established in his name.
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