Azaleas in full bloom near Fukushima plant

Azaleas in full bloom near Fukushima plant

Azaleas are seen in full bloom at JR Yonomori Station in Tomioka, a Fukushima Prefecture town near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 28, 2026. Plants at the JR Joban Line station started to bloom several years ago, even though the shrubs were cut down at the stump in the winter of 2017 when the area was decontaminated.

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