Plum trees, also known as Japanese apricots, were first planted at Hanegi Park in the late 1960s, with more added during ...

Ahead of cherry blossom season, the ume or plum blossoms brighten up the colder months in Japan. This guide introduces the different varieties. This type of ume is close to the original species ...

KYOTO—An ume blossom that sprouted at the Kitano Tenmangu shrine here in early March is a world first that bloomed on a cloned Japanese apricot tree using tissue culture technology. The dark ...

The goken-no-ume tree is particularly special as it has both ... (¥1,000 per seat) Note that the tour is in Japanese only. All events except for the tea ceremony demonstration are free, but ...

Japan-based freelance writer and director Felicity ... its famous mountainside orchards blossom as almost a million ume trees bloom. Ume is a fruit that resembles, and is related to, apricots ...

The goken-no-ume tree is particularly special as it has both red and white plums blooming on one tree. The flowers usually reach full bloom between the middle of February and early March ...

During the period, bees, which help pollinate plum trees, weren't actively ... who visited his company’s ume orchards on June 5. The Japanese word for the rainy season, “baiu,” is written ...

Watching blooming plum trees, often by moonlight ... Poetic examples of blooming plums, or “ume” in Japanese, are found in “Man’yōshū,” or a “Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves ...