It looks like the bad behaviour of some Chinese tourists has crossed the seas over to Japan to wreak havoc on the country's cherry blossom trees — and the Japanese are not happy about it.

On April 7, footage of Chinese tourists climbing trees and roughly grabbing the branches to pick the iconic sakura flower at Osaka Castle Park, made it onto Japanese national TV, reported Huanqiu.com.

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Unimpressed by the sight of their beloved cherry blossom petals and branches scattered all over the ground and the trees damaged in the wake of these tourists, the Japanese have retaliated by mocking such behaviour, calling it "Chinese-style flower appreciation."

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The Japanese media is also urging the government to set up "Chinese-only" zones at similar tourist attractions across the country to limit the damage they say that Chinese tourists seem to be prone to causing.

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Just last month, several Chinese tourists were shamed for climbing and kicking cherry blossom trees at Jinming Temple in Nanjing, China, for the perfect selfie.

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Chinese netizens embarrassed by their countrymen's disrespectful attitude in a foreign country have taken to Weibo to voice their displeasure.

One commenter wrote: "Our people are amazing, they used to only act disgracefully within the country, now they are doing that overseas too."

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