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cherry tree

On-Yomi: オウ、ヨウ — Kun-Yomi: さくら

Koohii stories:

1) [Zactacular] 7-10-2007(223): I was taking a picture of my girlfriend under the cherry tree during 花見 , when an owl happened to poop on her at the exact moment the shutter snapped. It's really my favorite picture , just don't tell her that.

2) [dukelexon] 16-2-2008(138): The tree in Japan that represents both wisdom (the owl) and femininity (the woman). This is a sakura (さくら), or cherry tree.

3) [nolusu] 8-9-2007(40): Athena seating against a cherry tree with her owl on her shoulder. She is picking cherries and feeding her owl.

4) [Katsuo] 13-4-2007(18): The woman has trained her pet owl to fly to the tree (a cherry tree) and bring her back cherries.

5) [kanjihito] 3-6-2012(11): "There is a tree," said the wise owl, "where a woman may regain her virginity: the cherry tree".

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