Ume is well related to Sugawara no Michizane who enshrines at Tenmangu Shrine.
Poem of Michizane when he was demotioned to Dazaifu.
“東風(こち)吹かば 匂ひをこせよ 梅の花 主なしとて 春な忘れそ”
“When Eastern wind blows, I will feel your incense. So, you must bloom flowers every Spring.”