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February 26th, 2008 at 12:00 am

Spring is springing

» by overoften in: Beauty, Environment, Japan, Living in Japan, Weather

It may have been 4° in my living room when I got up this morning, but a neighbour of mine assures me spring is just around the corner.

And with good reason.

Plum blossom

Yes, it’s time to kick off the blankets and kick up the nature worship again. Parts of Japan might shivering be under feet of snow, but here in central Kyushu the plum trees are blooming red, white and pink. Which means not long now until the debauchery of cherry blossom hanami season! Don’t know about you, but I can’t wait.

(Picture can be seen full-size here.)

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    Nice picture, Jon.

    Edward Chmura on February 26th, 2008
  • 2

    Very nice photo. But are you sure they are cherry blossoms? They look a lot like plum blossoms, a flower that blooms in cold, winter weather and therefore hardly a harbinger of spring…

    Kudan on February 26th, 2008
  • 3

    Ahhhh, read the rest of your post!!! Yes, plum blossoms they are. Sorry…

    Kudan on February 26th, 2008
  • 4

    Ah yes! I have one of these, but I am afraid it will be a month before it blooms here in Central New Jersey.

    z7q2 on February 28th, 2008

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