50,000 sunflowers are used for double cropping. They decorate the farmland at night after the chrysanthemums are shipped. [Ryukyu Shimpo/Yahoo! News]

Monday, May 18, 2020

Sunflower seeds from Hokuryu Town are now producing 50,000 sunflowers at Sunset Farm, a chrysanthemum farm in Gima, Yomitan Village, Okinawa Prefecture.

At night, it is lit up using the same bulbs used to grow chrysanthemums, and has become a popular tourist spot.

The Ryukyu Shimpo article has been featured on Yahoo! News.

二毛作は5万本のヒマワリ　菊の出荷後、夜の農地飾る【琉球新聞・Yahoo！ニュース】
50,000 sunflowers are used for double cropping. They decorate the farmland at night after the chrysanthemums are shipped. [Ryukyu Shimbun, Yahoo! News]
サンセットファーム（農業生産法人株式会社IKEHARA）
Map: Sunset Farm (Agricultural Production Corporation IKEHARA Co., Ltd.)

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