Kinyuji Temple, which is known as a famous place for plum blossoms, is located in the mountains of Sennan City, Osaka.  In the early Edo period, the neighboring Shinto shrine priest Yano heard the oracle, “If you plant plum trees in this area, the territory will become more prosperous.”, and he and the people in the villages carried out planting plums according to the oracle. That’s the origin of the plum garden.  Shindachi has long been known as a post station on the Kumano Kaido (Kumano Kodo), and it was also the post station for Emperor Go-Toba who had visited Kumano 34 times, and was used by many Heian aristocracy such as Teika Fujiwara. During the Edo period, the Kishu feudal lord set up the honjin(an officially appointed hotel with accommodations for a daimyo and his train) when he did sankinkotai(a system of alternate attendance under which feudal lords were forced to go up to Edo and reside there to serve the shogun in alternate years). It is now known as the basic city of Kansai International Airport.

大阪泉南市の山間部に梅の名所として知られる金熊寺(きんゆうじ)があります。江戸時代初期に、隣接する信達神社神主矢野氏が「この地に梅樹を植えると神領益々隆盛となる」というお告げから、矢野氏一族および土地の人々の手によって白梅を中心とした梅が栽培されたのが始まりです。信達は古くから熊野街道(熊野古道)の宿場として知られ、熊野詣を34回も行った後鳥羽上皇の定宿でもあり、藤原定家など多くの平安貴族が利用しました。江戸時代には紀州藩主が参勤交代する際にも本陣を構えました。今は関西国際空港の地元として知られています。