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40,000 kochia carpet eastern Japan park

About 40,000 kochia carpet Hitachi Seaside Park, a popular tourist destination in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Oct. 22, 2025.

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40,000 kochia carpet eastern Japan park

About 40,000 kochia carpet Hitachi Seaside Park, a popular tourist destination in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Oct. 22, 2025.

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40,000 kochia carpet eastern Japan park

About 40,000 kochia carpet Hitachi Seaside Park, a popular tourist destination in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Oct. 22, 2025.

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40,000 kochia carpet eastern Japan park

About 40,000 kochia carpet Hitachi Seaside Park, a popular tourist destination in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Oct. 22, 2025.

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40,000 kochia carpet eastern Japan park

About 40,000 kochia carpet Hitachi Seaside Park, a popular tourist destination in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Oct. 22, 2025.

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40,000 kochia carpet eastern Japan park

About 40,000 kochia carpet Hitachi Seaside Park, a popular tourist destination in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Oct. 22, 2025.

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Illuminated kochia field in eastern Japan park

A field of kochia plants is lit up at Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Sept. 12, 2025, the first day of a special 12-day lighting event.

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Illuminated kochia field in eastern Japan park

A field of kochia plants is lit up at Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Sept. 12, 2025, the first day of a special 12-day lighting event.

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Huge image of snake laid out in Ibaraki Pref. park

A huge image of a snake made from pine cones and kochia is pictured on Dec. 21, 2024, from a Ferris wheel in Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, ahead of the 2025 year of the snake in the Chinese zodiac.

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40,000 kochia carpet park

Photo taken on Oct. 19, 2024, shows 40,000 autumn kochia forming a red carpet at the 215-hectare Hitachi Seaside Park, a popular tourist destination in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan.

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40,000 kochia carpet park

Photo taken on Oct. 19, 2024, shows 40,000 autumn kochia forming a red carpet at the 215-hectare Hitachi Seaside Park, a popular tourist destination in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan.

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40,000 kochia carpet park

Photo taken on Oct. 19, 2024, shows 40,000 autumn kochia forming a red carpet at the 215-hectare Hitachi Seaside Park, a popular tourist destination in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan.

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Illuminated kochia field in eastern Japan park

A field of kochia plants is lit up in various colors for the media at Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Sept. 18, 2024, ahead of its special 10-day lighting event starting Sept. 27.

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Illuminated kochia field in eastern Japan park

A field of kochia plants is lit up in various colors for the media at Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Sept. 18, 2024, ahead of its special 10-day lighting event starting Sept. 27.

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Huge image of dragon laid out in Ibaraki Pref. park

A huge image of a dragon, made of pine cones and Kochia, is pictured on Dec. 21, 2023, from a Ferris wheel in Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, ahead of the 2024 year of the dragon in the Chinese zodiac.

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Reddening Kochia plants at eastern Japan park

Photo taken on Oct. 19, 2023, shows reddening Kochia plants at Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan.

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Reddening Kochia plants at eastern Japan park

Photo taken on Oct. 19, 2023, shows reddening Kochia plants at Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan.

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Illuminated kochia field at eastern Japan park

A field of kochia plants is lit up in the colors of the rainbow at Hitachi Seaside Park in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Sept. 6, 2023, ahead of its special lighting event starting two days later.

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Illuminated kochia field at eastern Japan park

A field of kochia plants is lit up in the colors of the rainbow at Hitachi Seaside Park in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Sept. 6, 2023, ahead of its special lighting event starting two days later.

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Tourists given 'kochia' red carpet treatment

MITO, Japan - Tourists walk through some of the 30,000 kochia plants, most of which turn red, on a slope of Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Oct. 13, 2009. ''The ball-like shape of this plant is adorable. I feel as if I was in a picture book,'' said Chizuko Gemma, one of the visitors.

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Kochia at seaside park in eastern Japan

Photo taken on Aug. 28, 2022, shows kochia plants turning greenish color at Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan.

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Kochia at seaside park in eastern Japan

Photo taken on Aug. 28, 2022, shows kochia plants turning greenish color at Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan.

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Kochia at seaside park in eastern Japan

Photo taken on Aug. 28, 2022, shows kochia plants turning greenish color at Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan.

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Preparation ahead of Year of Tiger in 2022

Photo shows a giant illustration of a tiger, made from colored Kochia plants and pine cones at Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 20, 2021, ahead of the 2022 Year of Tiger in the Chinese zodiac.

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Kochia at seaside park in eastern Japan

Photo taken on Oct. 13, 2021, shows reddening kochia plants at Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan.

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Kochia at seaside park in eastern Japan

Photo taken on Oct. 13, 2021, shows reddening kochia plants at Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan.

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Reddening kochia plants at western Japan park

Photo taken on Oct. 9, 2021, shows reddening kochia plants at Sanuki Manno Park in the Kagawa Prefecture town of Manno, western Japan.

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Reddening kochia plants at western Japan park

Photo taken on Oct. 9, 2021, shows reddening kochia plants at Sanuki Manno Park in the Kagawa Prefecture town of Manno, western Japan.

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Tourists given 'kochia' red carpet treatment

MITO, Japan - Tourists walk through some of the 30,000 kochia plants, most of which turn red, on a slope of Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Oct. 13, 2009. ''The ball-like shape of this plant is adorable. I feel as if I was in a picture book,'' said Chizuko Gemma, one of the visitors. (Kyodo)

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Kochia at seaside park

File photo taken in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, in October 2018 shows reddening kochia plants at a seaside park in the eastern Japan city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tourists walk through "kochia" red carpet

Tourists walk through 32,000 pom pom-like Kochia plants at Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Oct. 18, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tourists walk through "kochia" red carpet

Tourists walk through 32,000 pom pom-like Kochia plants at Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Oct. 18, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tourists walk through "kochia" red carpet

Tourists walk through 32,000 pom pom-like Kochia plants at Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Oct. 18, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo