{"id":168965,"date":"2025-02-18T13:46:52","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T04:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=168965&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-02-18T13:46:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T04:46:52","slug":"dazaifus-tobiume-plum-blossoms-bloom","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/dazaifus-tobiume-plum-blossoms-bloom\/","title":{"rendered":"Dazaifu\u2019s \u201cTobiume\u201d Plum Blossoms Bloom Over a Month Late\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The \u201cTobiume\u201d plum tree at Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine in Fukuoka bloomed on February 14, more than a month later than last season. The tree, said to have flown overnight from Kyoto to Dazaifu in the Heian period out of loyalty to scholar Sugawara no Michizane, is a symbol of early spring. Visitors stopped to admire and photograph its delicate white blossoms despite the late bloom. The shrine, home to approximately 200 plum varieties and 6,000 trees, expects peak blooming from late February to late March. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazaifutenmangu.or.jp\/archives\/1057\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_dazaifu-tenmangu_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Dazaifu\u2019s \u201cTobiume\u201d Plum Blossoms Bloom Over a Month Late \" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-168969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_dazaifu-tenmangu_2025_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_dazaifu-tenmangu_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_dazaifu-tenmangu_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_dazaifu-tenmangu_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cTobiume\u201d plum tree at Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine in Fukuoka bloomed on February 14, more than a month later than last season&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":168973,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-168965","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-dazaifu","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/168965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168965"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}