> Initially, they didn’t have much luck. No other researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University, where Prof. Aono worked, would be taking over his record-keeping, Hiroko Nishino, a university spokeswoman, wrote in an email.
I’m surprised that there was lackluster response. For this kind of honor, you would think that there would be a flood of responses. I am attributing it to bad marketing.
nxobject•Apr 21, 2026
Part of me also thinks: yes, but is there any money/compensation attached to this? Honor, sadly, doesn't pay for grad students or soft money researchers.
gregjw•Apr 21, 2026
Not usually how things work in Japanese culture
tacomagick•Apr 21, 2026
I'd like you to elaborate more on your answer
CalRobert•Apr 21, 2026
Are people not paid?
thaumasiotes•Apr 21, 2026
> Honor, sadly, doesn't pay for grad students
Are you kidding? Grad students are well known to receive trivial monetary pay. Most of their pay is in honor.
goodcanadian•Apr 21, 2026
They still need to eat, and that trivial monetary pay component must come from somewhere . . .
They are just Japanese cherry blossom in Poland anyways.
Many trees of the same family are also stunning in bloom but the Japanese cherry blossom is celebrated not only for its beauty, but also for the fleeting nature of it.
I'm not sure how that translates as the tree is moved to a different climate where it doesn't belong.
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I’m surprised that there was lackluster response. For this kind of honor, you would think that there would be a flood of responses. I am attributing it to bad marketing.
Are you kidding? Grad students are well known to receive trivial monetary pay. Most of their pay is in honor.
Data points: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/date-of-the-peak-cherry-t...
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/thing-japan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BBabka_(convenience_store)
Many trees of the same family are also stunning in bloom but the Japanese cherry blossom is celebrated not only for its beauty, but also for the fleeting nature of it.
I'm not sure how that translates as the tree is moved to a different climate where it doesn't belong.