The planter’s flowerbeds have been replaced by a sandy “beach.” Blue flowers at the front represent ... The EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival begins on Wednesday, March 5, 2025.

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.