So, if you know Japan you know cherry blossoms. Heck you probably even know they are called Sakura in Japanese and I'd be willing to bet you know that every year in the week or 2 they bloom Japanese people go out for the traditional flower viewing or "hanami"as traditional as a bunch of people on a blue tarp getting stone drunk eating piles of junk food and leaving more piles of trash around can be.
Just FYI it is more about eating and drinking than it is about flowers. How do I know this? I have done it and night time is the most popular time to do it
How you looking at flowers at night.
So before you ask. These aren't sakura in the photo. You might recognize them. They are Dogwood flowers and in Japan they come in White, White with pink tips, light pink, dark pink and red.
How the heck did they manage that? I have only seen white in America. I grew up with these trees. My mom loves them, has a few in the yard. In Japan they put them by the street to pretty it up ( which is so much better than nasty old ginko trees)
But the funny part is this; I have never, been able to find a Japanese person who can identify this tree. Not by description or by sight.
It's everywhere,yet noone notices it
just like this post title says
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