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　On the 4th of the first Saturday of March, the highest temperature in central Tokyo was 17.4 ° C, wrapped in cheerfulness as early April.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　The early blooming "Okamezakura (Agame Sakura)" planted on "Ajisai-dori St." at 1-4 chome Nihonbashi Honmachi is in full bloom and is at its best.　　　Okamezakura is a British cherry blossom researcher Collingwood·Ingram is a horticultural variety created by crossing Kanhizakura and Mamezakura.It is a shrub with thin branches, single bloom, small flowers, pale pink petals are slightly half-open without flat opening, yellow stamens, scarlet calyx, It is characterized by blooming in a bird. Regarding the origin of the name of Okame (= Otafuku), in the old days, a plump woman expressed fertility and virtue, and was regarded as a condition of so-called "beautiful". It seems that it was presumed that he came to think of it as a synonym for beauty when considering the name of the Japanese style.　　　Because the flower color is dark and gorgeous, and the tree height does not become so large, it is useful as a street tree with a lot of traffic and a limited space, a symbol tree in a narrow garden, and taking advantage of the characteristics of small flowers, I hear that it is also used for bonsai and potted plants.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Okamezakura on Ajisai-dori St. is said to have started with planting 26 trees around Nihonbashi Honmachi 1-chome, but now it is about 700m to Nihonbashi Honmachi 4-chome in the ward with Chiyoda-ku. A row of cherry trees continues.