Alpine flowers known as "chinguruma" in Japanese and technically named Geum pentapetalum are in full bloom on July 21, 2022, on a hillside of Mt. Asahi, part of the Daisetsuzan volcanic group of peaks on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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