PLUM BLOSSOMS, Tokyo in early spring

on a nice weekend day, people come out to sketch nature and landmarks

"Ume" (Japanese Plum) can have pink or white blossoms; this is the same flower as the first photo. They bloom much earlier than cherry blossoms, "Sakura," so it's still too cold to have big picnics. That'll happen within weeks, though, I think. The kind of tree that produces edible plums have white blossoms.