[chajin]

A battle for the Seoul of the cherry tree. It's a little like arguing about the origin of ketchup: is it really American because it became the condiment of choice for the American burger, or Chinese because it is based on 鮭汁 ("kei-tsiap"), or South American because it is like cooked tomatoes? But I have a lot of work to do this morning, so I'm off playing ketchup...

[elcid1970]

And I thought ketchup was a Hindu concoction that British troops in India used to hide the flavor of their rations of bully beef.

As a kid I heard that on December 8, 1941 outraged citizens clamored to march on Washington & chop down all the cherry trees around the Tidal Basin.

Now we find out those trees aren’t even Japanese?