I always have a tough time transitioning to autumn in Japan. Sure, the lower humidity means I can stop sweating for the first time in three months, but it’s a little disappointing leaving the office ...

Visitors walk through summer cypress, or kochia, at Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, in this recent photo. The "fluffy" kochia, which has grown into a lovely round shape, is ...

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Hitachi Seaside Park, a national park in Ibaraki Prefecture near Tokyo, is famous for its changing seasonal colors. In the fall, summer cypresses, or kochia, turn the green fields into a sea of fiery ...

Autumn kochia leaves are seen at their most colorful at the Hitachi Seaside Park in the city of Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, in eastern Japan, in this recent photo. The plants blanket the hills ...

Kochia bushes are lighted up at Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki prefecture, on the Pacific coast about 80 miles northeast of Tokyo. Visitors walk on pathways among 32,000 plants of the ...

A look at the best news photos from around the world. 1 People walk in a field of fireweed, or Kochia scoparia, at the Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Japan.Fireweed is a grass bush that takes on ...

HITACHINAKA, Ibaraki Prefecture--A park here used pine tree branches, pine cones and other natural materials to create a massive rendition of a tiger, the animal in the Chinese zodiac for 2022. The ...

I always have a tough time transitioning to autumn in Japan. Sure, the lower humidity means I can stop sweating for the first time in three months, but it’s a little disappointing leaving the office ...