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The plum trees are just starting to bloom again.

#plum #flower #tree #bloomscrolling #photography

A very small bud on a plum tree, just recently opened. The petals are a very light pink, attached to a bright red base and stem that extends to the left. The background is a blur.

Plum blossoms at Okami Shrine in Hirakata, Osaka, Japan.

#Plum #Blossom #OkamiShrine #Osaka #Japan

A close-up of vivid pink plum blossoms blooming along a slender, leafless branch, set against a clear blue sky. Several unopened buds cluster around the open flowers, whose bright yellow stamens stand out sharply. The background is softly blurred, with faint outlines of additional branches.

A detailed close-up of white plum blossoms on a thin branch, their pale petals surrounding yellow-tipped stamens. A few green and pink buds are visible nearby. The background is softly blurred.

A #Plum #tree in th outskirts of #Tokyo, was just very gorgeous, so had to stop to take a photo of it against the #blue of the house.

I gave a whirlwind tour of little-known gems of Kyōto Prefecture to an Indian woman who teaches at a university up in Kanazawa. The Shintō shrine Umenomiya Taisha (梅宮大社) is named after plums, ume, and you can see three varieties of different colors that blossom from mid-February in these four photos. I've noticed blue herons nesting in the big trees of the shrine, and caught one in the act of building its nest (3rd photo). They are gray, but their name in Japanese (青鷺) uses the character for blue. They are very common around fresh water in Western Japan and elsewhere, often standing still and looking pensive, letting you get as close as two meters before they fly away. In contrast, it's amusing that when nesting they are constantly squawking.

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#Japan #Kyoto #Shinto #shrine #plum #blossoms #nature #culture #heron #architecture #sightseeing #travel #photography #photos #travelphotography

Red plum blossoms at the shrine Umenomiya Taisha in Kyōto.

Blue heron building its nest in the big trees of the shrine

Colorful little shrine building with white and pink plum blossoms

8:04am Plum by Stanley Turrentine from The Best Of Stanley Turrentine
#StanleyTurrentine #Plum #TheMorningSet #KUVO

An image of the cover of the record album 'The Best Of Stanley Turrentine' by Stanley Turrentine

Temple roof tiles and pink plum blossoms
#temple #plum #flower #tokyo #pentaxk3mkiii #pentax #shootpentax #pentax_da55300plm

Plum Blossom at Shrine

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#plum #japanesegarden

More plum blossoms and other attractions of nature around the Kyōto Imperial Palace. The first two photos are of a venerable Shintō shrine on the palace grounds. Actually, few know that it is a shrine within a shrine, because the palace itself is a Shintō shrine (宮), as its official name indicates: 京都大宮御所.

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#Japan #Kyoto #Shinto #religion #Imperial #palace #nature #plum #blossoms #photography #photos

White plum blossoms and nandina (nanten in Japanese) in the shrine

Plum blossoms in early February at the Kyōto Imperial Palace. The white ones are most fragrant, and I shed my athletic ladies' man persona and sniff them. Some Japanese people do it, too, really!

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#Japan #Kyoto #Imperial #palace #plum #blossoms #fragrance #sightseeing #nature #photography #photos

White plum blossoms and camellias at the Kyoto Imperial Palace

梅 (umé) plum

It will soon be blossom season in Japan!

By far the most famous of Japanese blossoms are cherry blossoms, but they're not the first spring flower to bloom.

Plum blossom usually start appearing as early as mid-February. Although not as dramatic as the more-famous cherry blossoms, they are well-loved for their subtle beauty.

The image below shows how to distinguish them from cherry and peach blossoms.

via japanwords

#Japan
#plum
#blossom

Comparison of plum. peach and cherry flowers.

Time to live forever by eating #Australian super #plum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-TIBoxsYRo #fruit #fruits #health #publichealth #longevity #parkinsons

Exercising daily outdoors in all weather, I've also been sniffing the fragrant white plum blossoms, particularly at the castle ruins park down the street. Lately it has been colder than in many years here between Ōsaka and Kyōto. There hasn't been any snow to speak of, so when it finally snowed yesterday, I rushed to capture the rare sight of season-mixing snow on the plum blossoms.

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#Japan #Osaka #winter #snow #plum #blossoms #cold #fragrance #sightseeing #nature #culture #photography #photos

Osaka park with white and red plum blossoms on the right

Ume blossoms
Snow
A distant palace
Legless in Kyoto

#Kyoto #Japan #snow #ume #plum #weather #winter #flowers #spring

Ume blossoms on a branch, coated in snow.

A plum (ume) blossom with a cap of snow.

Rare snowy day in Kyoto.

Don't be a slug sleeping in front of TV and Internet all day long, get out and enjoy our World beauty !!

#japan #kyoto #snow #plum #flower #photography #notmyimage

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A plum flower in Kyoto imperial palace garden. The flower is in full bloom. Light red petals and yellow stamens. It is partially covered with ice and snow. A small stalactite has formed at the bottom of the flower, it shines nicely in the sun.

Rare snowy day in Kyoto.
Don't be a slug sleeping in front of TV and Internet all day long, get out and enjoy our World beauty !!
#japan #kyoto #snow #plum #flower

Winter Walk along the Kamo River to Shijo Bridge🚶

Plum blossoms are starting to appear, signaling the arrival of spring🌸

📍Kyoto City

#photography #plum #flowers #landscape #japan #kyoto