Some other flowers we passed by today. Friend said the weeping-willow style tree at Nishi Hongwanji was sakura but I think it is actually a shidare-ume since the blossoms are on the branches/very short and stubby stems and the petals are smoothly peaked at the tip. And yes, there are varieties of ume with drooping branches just like with shidare-zakura, but sakura have thin, long stems for the flowers plus the petals are notched at the tip.#BloomScrolling