Plum blossoms in Japan appear in the cold of Winter. Small, bright spots of light, they cry out against a background of gray skies that Spring is going to come. But they're gone before it fully arrives. It's easy hurry by plum blossoms as you try to get to a warm place, but these blossoms really are worth a closer look.

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