Japanese apricot, ume or plum
Japanese tradition holds that the ume functions as a protective charm against evil, so the ume is traditionally planted in the northeast of the garden, the direction from which evil is believed to come. The eating of the pickled fruit for breakfast is also supposed to stave off misfortune. Quote from Wikipedia
I will be reminded
of the music which always has an elementary school song, if the flower of a
plum begins to bloom.
Although the
beginning phrase of this music is ”with the twig of the ume a bush warbler" I have not seen
the bush warbler which
stopped at the twig of a ume(plum).
Most of the birds stop twig of plum blossoms in spring
is a Japanese white-eye.