Sunflower Field in Mashiko

 I went to a sunflower field in Mshiko town near Utsunomiya city with my wife the other day. It took about half an hour by car. The flowers were in full bloom attracting visitors. I’ve never seen that many sunflowers blooming in one area. The scene was amazingly beautiful.

I had thought that there were plenty of people to view the field. But, twenty to thirty staff members took care of only about ten visitors including us.

They didn’t ask us an admission charge of the field nor a parking fee. We spent only 100 yen (1.3US$) for local vegetables.

On our way back home, we stopped over pottery shops to look ceramic wares. But it’s too hot to spend enough time to choose an appropriate one. Maybe we’ll buy next time.