From fields of colourful tulips to a sea of blue nemophila, the sprawling Hitachi Seaside Park in Ibaraki has something to see every season. In summer, the park starts growing kochia, or summer ...

Known as the “Garden of Europe,” Keukenhof is one of the world’s largest flower gardens, famous for its vibrant tulip fields.

Tourists are turning out to stroll the flower-lined grounds of Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, and enjoy the millions of baby blue nemophila now blanketing its bucolic hills.

Many tourists visit the Hitachi Seaside Park ... flowers. The park has seven sections, with walking paths between the flower beds. Shuttle buses are also in operation for convenient travel. In spring, ...

HITACHI, Ibaraki Prefecture--There’s no shortage of marathons in Japan each year as there are literally dozens to choose from. So add this one to the calendar: the inaugural Hitachi Seaside ...

Yellow Tulips Only is a story of Gigo writer and independent artist who lives a single life as an introvert and shy person Once hes been invited to coffee by a female friend and it gives him hope ...

Hitachi Seaside Park is best known for its wonderful swathes of baby blue-eyes flowers (Nemophila menziesii). Millions of these flowers blanket the park during the spring, accompanied by daffodils and ...

Editor’s Note: This story accompanies the May 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine, devoted entirely to America’s first national park. Find more at natgeo ...

A woman walking in a prohibited thermal area of Yellowstone National Park sustained severe burns to her lower leg when she broke through the thin crust and into scalding water. The 60-year-old ...

On March 1, 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the bill creating Yellowstone Park, the first national park in the history of the world. Despite the fact that the new national park comprised ...

The first national park was created by the United States in 1872, called Yellowstone National Park. The law established during this year allowed for the term to be widely used across the U.S. and ...