Mashiko Sunflower Festival
Two million sunflowers bloom in profusion
August 19, 2016, Mashiko, Japan - Sunflowers shine brightly in the sweltering summer sun in Mashiko, a rural community known for Mashiko pottery, on Friday, August 19, 2016. Some two million sunflowers of 20 different kinds planted in a 30-acre fallow field are expected to draw hundreds of visitors to an annual sunflower festival starting from August 20 in the town about 57 miles northeast of Tokyo. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) AYF -mis-