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"Weeping plum" in front of Mikimoto Pearl Store

[Yurikamome] January 28, 2010 08:30

 I found "Weeping plum" in front of the Mikimoto Pearl store in Ginza.

It is open until February 9th.

Weeping plum

Do you know why it becomes "weeping plum"?

Weeping branches grow faster than those that do not weeping.

The long stretched branches cannot be supported by their own and bent, and the branches become woody and fixed.


            A view of the weeping cherry blossoms. JPG  

 

    The above photo is a little lonely, so I took a big picture.    

 

    Weeping plums in front of Mikimoto Pearl Store 2.JPG  

  

 The "screw" part is neatly organized with "butterproof antiques", etc., and the feeling of waiting for spring appears well.     

 

    Planting under weeping cherry trees. JPG    

 

  

   Pearl King Monument 

  Mikimoto Kokichi (from Toba City, Mie Prefecture)

   Successful invention of pearl pearls in 1905

   In 1926, he exhibited a pearl tower at the World Exposition in Philadelphia and became famous.

         Monument to King Mikimoto Pearl. JPG