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.

Expect partly sunny skies. The high will be 16°. Pressure is the weight of the air in the atmosphere. It is normalized to the standard atmospheric pressure of 1,013.25 mb (29.9212 inHg). Higher ...

One of Japan’s largest outdoor music festivals will be held in September instead of August from now on because summer temperatures are unbearable.