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“Observation of Cherry Blossoms” will be held at Botanical Gardens,?Osaka City University (OCU) on Saturday, 13 April, 2019.

The cherry blossom mountain in the OCU Botanical Gardens were originally designed by the cherry blossom expert Shintaro Sasabe who was also known as a model of Tsutomu Mizukami's novel “Sakuramori (cherry tree guardian)”. Total of 180 trees of 35 cultivated varieties and some wild species are currently planted there. We can enjoy the cherry blossoms blooming one after another from late March to the end of April. Wild species such as “Yamazakura (mountain cherry)”, “Oshimazakura (Oshima cherry)” as well as a new breed “Yosano Akiko (named after the famous female author/poet)” and “Shin-nishiki” which can only be found here, will be at their best. In this observation event, focusing on double-flowered varieties, mysteries of flower structure including the research results will be introduced in ways easy to understand.

Please come and join us.

Date/Time	Saturday, 13 April, 2019, 13:30～　 ※The event will be cancelled if it rains, however, it will be carried out if it is a light drizzle.
Location	Botanical Gardens,?Osaka City University? Address:?2000 Kisaichi, Katano-City, Osaka, 576-0004 A 6-minute walk from "Sakiichi"Station, Keihan Katano Line Access:?http://www.sci.osaka-cu.ac.jp/biol/botan/1_01_prof_files/0_01_04_a.html
Admission fee	350 yen　 ※Admission free is waved for the following: 　-Middle School students and under 　-Osaka city citizens who are 65 years old or above 　 (Submission of ID to prove the address and age is required.) 　-A person with a disability certificate and his/her chaperon 　-Katano city citizens who are 65 or above with a Botanical Gardens Mate card
Application	No reservation is required. Meet at the entrance area (space with lawn) before 13:30.
Lecturer	Chiyomi Uematsu Associate Professor, OCU Graduate School of Science ＜Main research themes＞ 　?Investigation of the mechanism of petal greening in?flowering cherry bearing green flowers 　?Research for investigation of the origin of peaches 　?Clarification of the mechanism of bud mutation 　?Research for investigation, evaluation and usage of pear plants
Contact	Botanical Gardens, Osaka City University TEL: 072-891-2059 Web site:?http://www.sci.osaka-cu.ac.jp/biol/botan/