Can you eat the cherries of Japanese cherry blossom trees?

Question

I ask this question because I have noticed here in Korea, with all the hundreds of cherry trees, they just let all these gorgeous looking black/dark purple cherried fall to the ground and get squished under pedestrians' feet.

I want to munch!

Answer 1

If you mean the sakura-blossom trees, for example;
http://www.inf.ne.jp/kia/english/image/sakura.jpg
or
http://clione.cocolog-nifty.com/clione/images/sakura-up_2.jpg
then no!! They're not poisonous or anything like that, but they're very SMALL, and extremely SOUR!!

Of course there ARE lots of edible-cherry trees in Japan!! But the 'icon' sakura tree isn't worth thinking about for it's fruit!

Answer 2

You can eat the fruit from the fruit producing type trees as mentioned.～☆ They are quite delicious and the color is brighter than the "black/dark purple" color you mentioned. There is a use found for most all the fruit produced from the cherry trees even the leaves. The trees which do not produce fruit, have no edible fruit, of course. Those are mainly the beautiful flowering trees we enjoy seeing during Cherry blossom season here in Japan. Occasionally the cherry blossoms themselves are salted and preserved and used in some food stuffs in Japan. They make a beautiful accent on food.

Answer 3

Oooh, they are beutiful! I lived in Japan for 3 and a half years when I was really young (I'm 14 now). We lived in Sakura Shinmachi (the centre of Tokyo). We had a HUGE sakura (or cherry blossom tree) in our front court yard, at the front of house house! In Spring it would shows its colours and all the passers-by on the road couldn't help but glance at it ;) We had quite a few photographers, too! And there were also lovely cherry blossom's at the parks as well! Tokyo was so nice. I wish I could go back and see what's become of our house... and our tree... ;( Memories! -Tim ;]

Answer 4

Are you sure they are cherry trees? I have a Japanese Dogwood that makes fruit that falls to the ground. They sort of look like raspberries. They are edible but I honestly dont think they taste that great.

Answer 5

♡There are a variety of types of cherry tress in Japan, some fruit-producing and some sterile type. Of course you can eat the cherries from the trees that produce edible fruit!
Edible fruit: http://www.oojc.ac.jp/nitibun/yuliya/images/scan2/sakurambo.jpg
Sterile trees: http://kogiphoto2.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ohanami10.jpg
Japanese cherries are delicious AND beautiful! They are usually a pretty bright red color↓ here in Japan. We enjoyed some after dinner today～delicious!
http://www2.csc.ne.jp/~kitaji_soba/sakurambo.jpg
http://www.the-f.com/img/kikaku_sakurambo/sakurambo2.jpg
Hope this helps!♡

Answer 6

I don't know but the Japanese Cherry Blossom lotion from Bath and Body Works smells AWESOME!

Answer 7

Of course you can! The ones I eat are bright red and they are slightly sour and sweet, but they are great for Vit C. They are a cheap and organic substitute for cranberrries. They are free! If you let them sit in the sun after picking them, they turn mushy and still good to munch on. The birds feed on them all winter. This year has a wonderful crop in Baltimore.

Answer 8

I was told that they use the cherries as garnishings on the sushi plate. If you like, you can pick some fresh ones to your spa session.

Answer 9

A veggie is a plant or part of a flower used as food

Answer 10

Both are good for you, each fruit/vegetable has different vitamins. Therefore as more variety, as better. Vegetables have generally less sugar than fruits.