Plum trees that have just started to bloom are delighting visitors at an annual festival at the Kairakuen garden in Mito City ...

Plum trees typically take three to five years to fruit, so a little patience will be required if you have recently planted a young tree in your yard. As soon as the flowers drop in spring ...

Unlike other sites, Hasedera hosts a plum blossom festival from early February to early March, featuring the city’s only nighttime illumination of the trees. The soft glow of the flowers in the ...

Plum Festival kicked off at Atami Plum Garden in Shizuoka Prefecture on January 11. Atami Geisha also celebrated by giving a performance at the opening ceremony. The garden boasts 469 plum trees of 60 ...

The main square of Matsuyama Castle features five plum trees planted so visitors can enjoy the view of the castle and the blossoms together. The red plum trees are still in the bud, but their white ...

Visitors are engrossed in reading and studying amidst the breathtaking spring scenery at the Hong'en Temple Library in ...

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 ...

But the white and pink ume blossoms are still a sight to behold. And they are beloved for their pleasant fragrance that fills the air from early February to mid-March. Plum trees can, of course ...

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, but they ...