Akira, Your lovely Plum Blossoms are very inviting to this winter weary denizen of Connecticut. They don't appear here until April. Tokyo is at 35 degrees north and we are at 41- yet such a differences as to when flowers bloom.
Also thanks for commenting about my little friend peering through the fence. It amused me too, but also made me feel a bit sorry to see him so situated on a cold winter day.
Tom, I'm glad you enjoy the plum image. The time plum flowers (white or pink) bloom is so varying according to the amount of the sunlight the trees are getting, even in my small area in Tokyo. The cherry blossoms are more in synch with each other in much larger area.
And, yes, your little friend looks a little lonely...
