Article Blossom Festival Yushima Tenjin (Tenmangu) Shrine (湯島天満宮)

Yushima Tenmangu Shrine or Yushima Tenjin as it's called is one of many shinto shrines in Japan
We visited Yushima Tenmangu yesterday. The cherry blossoms were spectacular. And it's only February! :)
 
We visited Yushima Tenmangu yesterday. The cherry blossoms were spectacular. And it's only February! :)
Normally this would be ume blooming time, not sakura! I assume something's way of whack this year? Or do they have a new early blooming sakura hybrid now?
 
You got that wrong! Ume was about two weeks ago. :)

I know there are sakura species blooming as early as December (yamazakura, I believe), but this year things seem to be a little premature. Two days ago, temperatures in Oita reached 24.3 centigrades!
 

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