There are loquat trees in two spots near LaLaport Koshien.
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A loquat tree.
So there you have it.
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Let’s zoom in on that loquat tree from earlier.
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There are quite a lot of them.
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It’s on Koshien-suji, around the front of Seven-Eleven Nishinomiya Koshien Hachibancho.
Next, there’s another loquat tree near LaLaport Koshien.
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This one is along Rinko Line, around the front of White Express Naruo 4-chome.
Here it is on the map↓
The address is around 4-14-22 Naruocho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo.
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Loaded with fruit
Wondering, “Do they ever use loquat trees as roadside trees?”, I checked the Nishinomiya City website.
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It only listed familiar ones like zelkova, camphor, and ginkgo; loquat wasn’t there.
Apparently, they can also grow on their own from seeds carried by birds.
I saw online that a pack of two sells for 321 yen at supermarkets, so these are actually pretty impressive trees to have growing there.
They’re apparently hard to grow too, and it can take as long as 10 years before they bear fruit.
At Nishinomiya Shrine’s Okoshiya Festival on the 14th of last month, loquats and amazake were handed out for free by the Biwa Musume, and the festival was originally even called the “Biwa Festival” because loquats were offered there.
Recently, a company in Tsuto Okazucho called Fukae Spring has also been selling loquats.
Maybe there’s some kind of connection between Nishinomiya and loquats.
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