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Prime Minister Naoto Kan smiles after receiving a pair of plum bonsai trees from "plum mission" shrine maiden Yuko Tashiro at his official residence in Tokyo on Thursday. Dazaifu Tenmangu shrine, famous for about 6,000 plum trees in the compound in the southern Japanese city of Dazaifu, sends plum blossoms annually to the prime minister's office as a harbinger of spring.

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too bad we don't see more of the lovely plum bonsai

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Pity we dont get to see more of the Plum Shrine Maidens.

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This was a nice break for Kan.

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Don't know what it is, but put any "oyagi" next to a young, pretty girl, and he gets the "te-he-he" syndrome........

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Ummmmm, plums.

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Wow, plum blossom and plum wine.......Spring is near just around the corner! Good news!

Cheers!!!

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Nice gesture from the shrine. He needs to grow some plums.

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'te-he-he' syndrome is prevalent in all males, oyaji or not.

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