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夏Natsu(Summer)TambaraLavenderPark(NumataCity,GunmaPrefecture)eStrollbesideacarpetofbrilliantpurpleowersresemblingaowingriv-er.Fiftythousandshrubsreleasethesoothingfragranceoflavender.AkenoSunflowerFields(HokutoCity,YamanashiPrefecture)Reachingforthesun,fromwhichtheygettheirname,thesetallyellowflowersfillmajesticfieldsthatextendasfarastheeyecansee.fFuyu(Winter)冬jFukurodaFrozenWaterfalls(DaigoTown,IbarakiPrefecture)OneofthethreebestwaterfallsinJapan.Thisfour-tieredwater-fallismesmerizinglybeautifulinwinterwhenitisoccasion-allyfrozenintime.Atrailwilltakeadven-turoushikerstothewaterfall.15NATURERyuzuFalls(Nikk¯City,TochigiPrefecture)hThiswaterfalldivergesintotwinsthatresembleadragon’shead.Rhododendrons(Togoku-Mitsu-ba-Tsutsuji)inspringandcolorfulmaplesinfallmakeavisithereenjoyableatanytime.Aki(Autumn)秋AkigawaValley(AkirunoCity,TokyoMetropolis)Allarewelcometovisitthisscenicgorgethatreectsthechangingseasons.Hiking,shing,andmorecanbeenjoyedhere.gIiyamaKamakuraSnowHutVillage(IiyamaCity,NaganoPrefecture)Moldedfromtheheavysnowthatfallshereinwinter,thesecozysnowdomescreateafairy-talescenewhenlitbylanternsatnight.i