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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
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The Yomiuri Shimbun

Hokkaido town a sea of sunflowers

(Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

People stroll among a field in the town of Hokuryu, Hokkaido, one of the country's top destinations for viewing sunflowers. This year, about 2 million sunflowers, about 500,000 more than last year, were planted to bloom at different times over an about 23-hectare area. About 380,000 of them near an observation deck came into full bloom around last Saturday and will remain at their peak through Sunday.

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