dogwood, which blooms like a replacement with Sakura, is now in its flowering season on the streets of Ginza.
This is dogwood on Marronnier Street.
Dogwood is a deciduous Takagi of the genus Japanese dogwood subgenus, and is also known as American yamaboshi.
This is the dogwood on Kibikicho Street beside Kabukiza.
The flower season of dogwood is from late April to early May, with white or pale pink flowers. However, what looks like petals is a leaf called a bract, and the center mass is the inflorescence.
This is dogwood on Matsuya Street.
The planting of dogwood in Japan began in 1915 when Yukio Ozaki, then mayor of Tokyo, presented Sakura (Yoshino cherry tree) to Washington D.C., United States of America.
Dogwood is dogwood in English, but there are various theories about the etymology of dogwood, and one theory is that the broth of bark was used in the 17th century for the treatment of dog skin diseases (also called flea extermination).
dogwood is often seen on the streets of Ginza, but dogwood is also a tree in Minato-ku.
