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Weeping Plum Blossoms　しだれ梅

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英語の後に日本語が続きます。 You can find many Chinese plum trees in Tokyo but not so many when it comes to weeping ones. Usual plum blossoms are beautifu...

Japanese Camellia 'Bokuhan-Nishiki' (Camellia Japonica 'Bokuhan-Nishiki')　（ボクハンツバキ）卜伴椿

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英語の後に日本語が続きます。 I've seen red , white , and pink Japanese camellias. I've seen single, double , and thousand-flowered Japanese came...

Persian Buttercup (Ranunculus Asiaticus)　ラナンキュラス

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英語の後に日本語が続きます。 Persian buttercups (Ranunculus asiaticus) are native to Europe and West Asia but can be found in many places in Japan. The b...

Euonymus Japonicus (Japanese Spindle)　柾（マサキ）

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英語の後に日本語が続きます。 Evergreen spindle or Japanese spindle (Euonymus japonicus) is native to Japan, China and Korea and can be found across Japan....

"Thousand-Flowered" Pink, Red, and White Japanese Camellias　千重咲きのピンク、赤、白の椿

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英語の後に日本語が続きます。 Japanese camellia (Camellia japonica) has many cultivars and this is one of them, "thousand flowered" Japanese came...

White Prunus Mume (White Plum Blossoms)　白梅

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英語の後に日本語が続きます。 Chinese plum/Japanese apricot trees (Prunus mume) are native to China and came to Japan about 1,500 years ago. Since then, Ch...

Wintersweet (Chimonanthus Praecox F. Concolor)　ソシンロウバイ（蘇秦蝋梅）

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英語の後に日本語が続きます。 These are wintersweet blossoms. The plant is native to China and came to Japan at the beginning of the Edo period (1603 to 18...

Daffodil (Narcissus)　スイセン（水仙）

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英語の後に日本語が続きます。 Daffodils (Narcissus) are native to southern Europe and North Africa and came to Japan in the Heian (794-1185) or the Kamakur...

Buddhism Terms are Puzzling - "Other Power" vs. "Own Power"　自力 vs. 他力

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I'm from a Buddhist family, so technically I'm a Buddhist, specifically from the Jodo Shinshu or True Pure Land school. This school ...

Kenilworth Ivy (Cymbalaria Muralis)　ツタバウンラン（蔦葉海蘭）

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英語の後に日本語が続きます。 The Kenilworth ivy (Cymbalaria muralis) is native to Europe and came to Japan at the beginning of the Taisho period (1912-192...

Bermuda Buttercup (Oxalis Pes-Caprae)　オオキバナカタバミ（大黄花酢漿草）

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英語の後に日本語が続きます。 The bright yellow caught my eye. Bermuda buttercups (Oxalis pes-caprae) are native to South Africa but can be found across Ja...