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In the town of Kushimoto in Wakayama Prefecture, the southernmost part of Honshu, the flowers of Japanese radish that grow wild on the seaside bloom, giving a full-fledged sense of spring.

Hokkaido's oldest railway opened in 1880, and was closed over a hundred years later in 1985. Now, a portion of the tracks is maintained as an open space to visit.