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National Showa Memorial Park｜Photograph of cosmos field with flowers in the foreground blurred and rainbow umbrellas in focus

This photo was taken at the National Showa Memorial Park, looking up at the rainbow umbrellas in the lemon-bright cosmos field from a slightly lower position.

Year 2025September 2025SeptembercosmosNational Showa Memorial ParkTokyo Metropolitan areablooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)

National Showa Memorial Park｜A unique cosmos field with a railroad track and chair objects that create a playful atmosphere

This photo is a view of a cosmos field taken at the Minna no Hara Fields in the National Showa Memorial Park, and shows a railroad track object and a chair object together.

Year 2025September 2025SeptembercosmosNational Showa Memorial ParkTokyo Metropolitan areablooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)

Saitama Prefecture｜A total lunar eclipse captured at dawn, a mystical scene woven by the waning moon and the deep hues of the sky

This photograph shows the total lunar eclipse as seen in Saitama Prefecture.

Year 2025September 2025SeptemberSaitama prefecture (Kantou area)Saitama prefecture (Kantou area)月Various Scenery

Saitama Prefecture｜A fantastical scene of a total lunar eclipse, capturing the moon waning in the stillness before dawn

This photo shows the view of the total lunar eclipse taken from the Arakawa riverbank.

Year 2025September 2025SeptemberSaitama prefecture (Kantou area)Saitama prefecture (Kantou area)月Various Scenery

Sunflower Festival in AKENE｜Two double sunflowers blooming side by side in close proximity

This photo was taken of two double sunflowers lined up vertically in close proximity at the Sunflower Festival in Akke.

Year 2025August 2025AugustSunflower Festival in Ake no Himawarisunflower (Helianthus annuus)blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)Ibaraki prefecture (Kantou area)

Single-flowered double sunflower, the main attraction in a crowd of blooming sunflowers

This photo was taken at the Sunflower Festival in Akke, focusing on one of the main flowers in the center of the cluster of double sunflowers in bloom.

Year 2025August 2025AugustSunflower Festival in Ake no Himawarisunflower (Helianthus annuus)blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)Ibaraki prefecture (Kantou area)

AKENE HIMAWARI FESTIVAL｜One ordinary sunflower blooming among double sunflowers

This photo was taken at the Sunflower Festival in Akke, where only one regular sunflower was blooming among the double sunflowers.

Year 2025August 2025AugustSunflower Festival in Ake no Himawarisunflower (Helianthus annuus)blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)Ibaraki prefecture (Kantou area)

Sunflower Festival in AKENE｜Center blooming double sunflower and large blurred background

This photo was taken at the Sunflower Festival in Akake, with the double sunflowers near the center in focus and the surrounding area largely blurred.

Year 2025August 2025AugustSunflower Festival in Ake no Himawarisunflower (Helianthus annuus)blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)Ibaraki prefecture (Kantou area)

Sunflower Festival in AKENE｜Scenery of the sunflower field and the stage in the back

This photo shows the sunflower field and the stage set up at the back of the field together at the Sunflower Festival in Akke.

Year 2025August 2025AugustSunflower Festival in Ake no Himawarisunflower (Helianthus annuus)blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)Ibaraki prefecture (Kantou area)

Sunflower field in Niu｜Sunflowers past their peak, reminding us of the end of summer

This photo was taken during a visit to a sunflower field in Niu, Tomioka City, Gunma Prefecture, to commemorate the sunflower season when the sunflowers were past their peak.

Year 2025August 2025AugustNiu sunflower fieldsunflower (Helianthus annuus)Gunma prefecture (Kantou area)blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)

Sunflower Festival in AKENE｜Composition with a sense of three-dimensionality that highlights the sunflower in the center

This photo was taken at the Sunflower Festival in Akake, with the sunflowers in the center in focus and the front and rear softly blurred.

Year 2025August 2025AugustSunflower Festival in Ake no Himawarisunflower (Helianthus annuus)blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)Ibaraki prefecture (Kantou area)

Sunflower Field in Niu｜Loneliness and Emotions Overlain by Withered Sunflowers

This photo was taken during a visit to a sunflower field in Niu, where the flowers had already withered away.

Year 2025August 2025AugustNiu sunflower fieldsunflower (Helianthus annuus)Gunma prefecture (Kantou area)blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)

Mt. Myogisan｜Magnificent mountains and the remnants of summer

This photo shows Mt. Myogi, which rises in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, taken from near the sunflower fields in Niu.

Year 2025August 2025AugustMt MyogiMt. Myogi (Gunma)Gunma prefecture (Kantou area)Various Scenery

Mt. Myogisan｜Fields beginning to turn golden and mountains heralding autumn

This photo was taken with Myogisan (Mt. Myogi) in the background, along with rice paddies that have begun to turn golden before the rice harvest.

Year 2025August 2025AugustMt MyogiMt. Myogi (Gunma)paddy fieldGunma prefecture (Kantou area)Various Scenery

Mt. Myogisan｜The power of the mountain and the peaceful countryside captured by a telephoto lens

This photo was taken with a telephoto lens of Mt. Myogisan over rice paddies just before the rice harvest.

Year 2025August 2025AugustMt MyogiMt. Myogi (Gunma)paddy fieldGunma prefecture (Kantou area)Various Scenery

| Early autumn scene decorated with manjusaka (mandarin duckweed) at the beginning of bloom

This photo was taken at Sakura Tsutsumi Park in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, and is a brighter image of manjusaka (higanbana) at the beginning of blooming.

Year 2025August 2025AugustSakura Dike ParkSaitama prefecture (Kantou area)Manjusaka (Higanbana)blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)

Sakura Tsutsumi Park｜A fantastic scene of light shining on manjusaka flowers blooming in the shade

This photo was taken at Sakura Tsutsumi Park to capture the light shining on the manjusaka (higanbana) blooming in the shade.

Year 2025August 2025AugustSakura Dike ParkSaitama prefecture (Kantou area)Manjusaka (Higanbana)blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)

Delicate petals and vivid red of mandshurica taken from the side

This photo was taken from the side at Sakura Tsutsumi Park, where manjusaka (higanbana) flowers are just beginning to bloom.

Year 2025August 2025AugustSakura Dike ParkSaitama prefecture (Kantou area)Manjusaka (Higanbana)blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)

Sakura Tsutsumi Park｜The lovely sight of two mandshusasana blooming side by side in close proximity

This photo was taken at Sakura Tsutsumi Park of two manjusaka (higanbana) that were blooming close together.

Year 2025August 2025AugustSakura Dike ParkSaitama prefecture (Kantou area)Manjusaka (Higanbana)blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)

Sunflower field in Minuma rice paddies｜The presence of a single sunflower growing in a cluster of blooming sunflowers

This photo was taken in a field of sunflowers in the Minuma rice paddies, where only one sunflower bloomed, growing quickly out of the crowd of blooming sunflowers.

Year 2025August 2025Augustsunflower (Helianthus annuus)Saitama prefecture (Kantou area)blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)Minuma rice paddies (sunflower field)