Japanese Man Plants Thousands of Flowers to Bring Joy Back to His Blind Wife. In one of Japan’s most touching real-life love stories, a retired dairy farmer transformed his home into a breathtaking garden of pink blossoms to lift the spirits of his blind wife. The story, widely reported in February 2016 by international media, tells how Toshiyuki Kuroki spent two years planting thousands of shibazakura (moss phlox) flowers around his property in Shintomi, Miyazaki Prefecture. Kuroki and his wife

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