Ume in bloom

Recently, it has beem a kind of warm, so that the flowers might almost be coaxed into showing signs of blooming.

At the park in YOYOGI area, I could enjoy seeing Japanese apricot trees in bloom. It is really cute pink flower that is a kind of the sign of the spring coming. So it is earlier than SAKURA in bloom.




The plum trees will be in bloom until early March.


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Anonymous said…
梅干しを食べた事があります。味は面白いともいます。
梅の木のは美しいですね。
February 19, 2009 at 9:14 AM
Anonymous said…
梅の木のは葉は美しいですね。梅干しを食べた事があります。面白い味だと思います。
February 19, 2009 at 9:15 AM

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