To those who know about Japan

[karohemd]

When you read about Japan, they say you should go during cherry blossom season because it's so beautiful and from what I've seen on TV and photos, it indeed is.

However, I wouldn't associate Japan with the actual fruit. Are cherry trees simply decorative?

Comments

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

My parents had a MASSIVE cherry tree outside one of their old houses; I don't remember the cherry blossom, what I do remember is the frantic rush to pick up the cherries as they came down every year (to fill yet more and more bag of frozen cherries in the freezer) before hordes of wasps descended into the garden and made it a no-go zone.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

The blossoms of our (morello) cherry tree (before it was killed by a beetle invasion) were rather pathetic compared to the fruit. Our main predators were birds, though, starlings and blackbirds mostly.