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　Plums bloom in anticipation of the "East Wind" that carries spring, so they bloom early in the cold season, and, like the "Hyakkaran", have long been popular with Japanese people as a symbol of remarkable things along with pine and bamboo, and have been sung in Manyoshu by 119 heads.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　It is a flower that symbolizes February, and Umemitsuki is a nickname for February in the lunar calendar.·It's another name.　　　　　In the Hamarikyu Onshi Garden, the early blooming species such as "Shirataki Weeping", "Fuji Peony Weeping" and "Future Weeping" and "Future Weeping" at Hanakien near the entrance of Ote-mon gate, "Yae Kanku", "Yae Noume", "Koshu Minimum", and "Winter Solstice" and "Red Chidori" at Hanakien are also entertain the garden. "Kenkyo", which is said to have been liked by the 11th Shogun Ienari, has a large corolla, and is surprised to see it. "Bungo plum", which combines both flower plums and plums, and "Bango plums", which are generally called red and white, are often called red and white. The lovely Japanese white-eye is flying around the plum trees.