Millions Of Baby Blue Flowers Have Bloomed In This Japanese Park, And The Photos Are Stunning

While the world is dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, spring has made an impressive arrival in Japan. Usually, Hitachi Seaside Park in Japan is fully packed with visitors in the spring bloom season. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown across the country, the garden has no visitors. It is spread across an area of over 470 acres located in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki, Japan, that features vast flower gardens including millions of daffodils...Read More

Anuj TiwariUpdated: May 30, 2020, 14:56 IST

While the world is dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, spring has made an impressive arrival in Japan. Usually, Hitachi Seaside Park in Japan is fully packed with visitors in the spring bloom season. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown across the country, the garden has no visitors. It is spread across an area of over 470 acres located in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki, Japan, that features vast flower gardens including millions of daffodils, 170 varieties of tulips, and an over 5 million 'baby blue eyes' (Nemophila). The sea of blue flowers blooms once annually around April, in an event referred to as the ��Nemophila Harmony.�� Here are a few beautiful images from the garden:

Baby Blue Flowers Have Bloomed In This Japanese Park — Instagram/@hitachikaihin

Over 5 million light blue flowers burst into bloom in the park, creating a sea of tiny blossoms about the same shade as the sky.

Hitachi Seaside Park is usually packed with tourists in the spring but has been closed since April 4 due to the pandemic.

Nemophila plants in full bloom are seen in the garden.

The small flowers only grow between two to three centimeters in size, according to the?Hitachi Seaside Park's website.

Hitachi Seaside Park opened its doors in 1990, according to the park's website.

Workers remove weeds in a field of nemophila flowers at Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki.

The sky-blue blooms take up an area of around 8.6 acres.

As nemophila flower usually blooms in mid-April to mid-May, tourist will have to wait until next year to see them in person.

The Hitachi Seaside Park, area was a military airport, while after World War II, it was turned into a firing and bombing range for the US Air Force. The locals fought successfully for the land to be returned to the Japanese government.

The flowers are a species of?Nemophila, commonly called baby blue eyes.

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Millions Of Baby Blue Flowers Have Bloomed In This Japanese Park, And The Photos Are Stunning

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