These small, pink flowers bloom when the weather starts to warm up and Hanegi Park celebrates with a month-long festival. The Setagaya Plum Festival (or Setagaya Ume Matsuri) celebrates the ...

A ny day can be a special occasion, if you try hard enough. The fact that you just finished an entire ChapStick on your own ...

But when the Japanese are craving a city getaway ... but locals in Fukuoka are perhaps even more fond of plum (ume) blossoms. Arriving in Fukuoka in January, ahead of the cherry blossom season ...

Plum blossoms, known as ume (梅) in Japanese, mark the arrival of early spring in Japan. Blooming before cherry blossoms, these delicate flowers can be seen in parks, shrines, and temples across the ...

Japanese plum trees are famed not only for their flowers but also for their fruit, which is known as ‘ume.’ These plums are known for their sour flavor and are often pickled into ‘umeboshi’ to be used ...

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HananookaPark, a testament to Kitakyushu City’s rich agricultural heritage, is a sanctuary where a myriad of flowers are meticulously cultivated. Within its traditional Japanese garden, the park ...

Available from 20 January to 12 February 2025, Mei Ume’s chef Peter Ho has prepared a multi-course ... before caramelised pineapple served with timut pepper brioche and fragrant osmanthus flower for ...

The U.S. Geological Survey put the quake’s preliminary magnitude at 6.8. The Japan Meteorological Agency said it had an intensity of lower 5 on the Japanese scale of 0 to 7. The quake began at ...

Zay Flowers, who became the Ravens' first-ever Pro Bowl wide receiver this season, did not play in the Wild Card Round after suffering a knee injury a week prior. It was a major loss for the team ...

Ordering flowers online for Valentine’s Day is convenient when hand-picking and personally delivering a bouquet to your recipient isn’t an option, whether that’s because your schedule doesn ...