Tourists enjoy at Japan lavender picking event

Hokkaido facility gives visitors chance to harvest lavender flowers.About 1000 lavender plants are in full bloom in a 1,200-square-meter field at Sapporo Hitsujigaoka Observation Hill in Sapporo City.

The business is offering guests opportunities to gather the blossoms.Visitors can gather and take home up to 50 stalks per person free of charge.On Thursday morning, many people, including children from a local kindergarten and tourists, enjoyed the event.

They used scissors to carefully cut off the flowers and took pictures.A senior official at the facility said that he would like the visitors to smell the scent of the flowers and enjoy them at home even after they are dry.