Nature’s Bounties: Florescence
Shichiku Garden in Obihiro, Hokkaido, is home to nearly 2,500 varieties of flowers over 15,000m² of land. There’s so much beauty to be taken in, and there’s one woman who simply can’t get enough of it.
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