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Chilly Cherry
Kyoto cherry blossoms blooming five months early
五ヶ月早いを咲くの桜
今日、１１月２７日の撮影です。

Today on a ride from Kyoto to Osaka Castle with Paul Barr, early on the trip while still in Kyoto we came across some cherry blossoms that had apparently gotten confused by the cold spell in October followed by a warm spell earlier this month... they seem to be blooming five months early!

Some varieties of cherry do normally bloom in November, such as we've over the years here, here, and here, but their branches are sparsely populated with blossoms. Today's were full:

今日の出会った桜は十月桜ではないだと思いますが、どんな種類のは分からない。実は、梅や桃ではかも知れません。

Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — ¹/2500 sec, f/2, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Paul and the Cherry
at least I think it's cherry; frankly, to my untrained eyes,
it could just as easily be peach or plum, but the bark look like cherry

Panasonic LX100 at an effective 75mm — ¹/400 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos

Whatever they were, they were pretty and out of place.

I made a short video of the blossoms, amid a ridiculous wind.

Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm — ¹/1600 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos