Cherry Blossoms of Yamagata
Before the Fruit
Comes the Blossom.
The Orchards
For a few weeks each spring, the orchards that will later yield Yamagata's famous cherries are covered in white flowers. The bees working these orchards gather a nectar quite unlike the island sakura.
Blossom, Not Fruit
This honey contains no cherry fruit or juice. Its gentle fruit-like note comes entirely from the nectar of the cherry tree blossom.
A Conditional Harvest
Because the flowering is brief and weather-dependent, the honey can only be gathered in years when the conditions align. Some years, there is none.