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Summer cypresses transform national park into sea of red
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 red. In early summer, blooming nemophila flowers blanket the park in blue.