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Plum blossoms are in full bloom at the Kairakuen garden in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, on March 13, 2016. There are about 3,000 ume (plum) trees in Kairakuen, one of the three most beautiful gardens in Japan, along with Kenrokuen in Kanazawa and Korakuen in Okayama. (Kyodo).==Kyodo. (KEYSTONE/AP/KYODO)