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A shrine cherry offered in prayer against lightning strikes. Its flowering is said to announce the rice-sowing season.
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A weeping cherry at Okaminari Shrine in Fukushima. Okaminari Shrine was dedicated by parishioners wishing that no accidents from lightning would occur, and the cherry's flowering is said to be a sign of the rice-seed sowing season. One of the three great weeping cherries of Takine.
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