Kairakuen Garden in Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture, is one of the most famous places in Japan to see plum trees. The garden is ...

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Plum Festival kicked off at Atami Plum Garden in Shizuoka Prefecture on January 11. Atami Geisha also celebrated by giving a ...

About 300 plum trees of 30 varieties with both red and white blossoms can be found in Iwamotoyama Park, in the foothills of Japan's most famous mountain. Early-blooming varieties began to blossom ...

But be warned – you might just fall in love with Japan’s springtime magic. The Magic Of Cherry Blossom Season. Think pink ...

The winter-blooming plum – or ume – flowers may not be as spectacular as cherry blossoms, which bloom about a month later and are the symbol of spring in Japan. But the white and pink ume ...

A popular place for plum blossom fans since olden times, Yushima Tenmangu shrine still draws crowds every year. The plum blossoms might get less hype than the cherry blossoms that follow ...