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Plum, ume, blossom tells us the spring has
come. "Plum blossom, recall me, When it blows
in the spring ---" 9th century politician and
poet, Michizane Sugawara recites the famous
poem, tanka, when he relegated. Some might
think it is still cold yet, but that's
because we are on the solar calendar now.
Only Chinese and Japanese eat plum fruit;
pikles, liquerur, candy. Plum pikles on rice
is the most known fast food in Japan. The
sour taste of plum pikles, ume-boshi, makes
our mouths watered.
Plum tree has rugged branches and small
pretty flower on those. Cherry blossom move
in wind graceful, while plum flower never
sway. It doesn't decrease the beauty of plum,
but the attractiveness of plum is the
umbalaneced, pretty flower on strong branch,
like small bird on muscle arm.
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