And just as the ume were reaching their peak, the camellias (椿, tsubaki) came to their own end—whole blossoms falling from the branches, as the Japanese say, like the severed heads of samurai.
Tsubaki
And just as the ume reach their peak, the camellias (椿, tsubaki) come to their end--whole blossoms falling from the branches, as the Japanese say, like the severed heads of samurai.
