Did Japan’s hallowed cherry trees actually originate South Korea?
“The beloved someiyoshino variety of cherry trees isn’t really from Japan, but actually from South Korea’s Jeju Island. Even though Japanese scholars recognize this, Japan is trying to make the world believe these cherry trees are from Japan” … or so reports a South Korean newspaper.
Is there any truth to this? What’s it based on?
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