As a harbinger of autumn, the kochia bushes at Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, have turned a brownish yellow green, the first stage in their transformation into balls of flaming red. About 32,000 of the plants, also known as summer cypress or burning bush, carpet a 1.9-hectare field in the park. Visitors can see the kochia take on a reddish hue in early October, then change to bright red in mid-October before finishing as a golden brown in late October. The park was temporarily closed from mid-August due to the pandemic but reopened on Sept. 20.
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