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The family crest of the pioneer of the tree melon
Gourmet. It is a pretty flower that lays on the branches. Kanji seems to have been given because the fruit resembles a cucumber and looks like a cucumber on the tree.
In addition, it is said that it is a happy crest because it is a pattern that is often used for the hat of the shrine's curtain.
There are variations in the color and shape of the flowers, and the cucumber in the precincts of Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine seems to be an early blooming variety.
Red and white flowers are beginning to bloom in a single tree.
When I looked carefully, some petals were red and white.
The branches have thorns and bloom before the leaves.
Before the leaves grow in the spring, several flowers bloom on the side of the short branch.
It seems to be in full bloom a little further away.
◆Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine
1-1-14, Tsukuda, Chuo-ku, Tokyo