If you visit Japan in early March ... Today, more than 300,000 visitors make their way to the Flower Fields each spring, and you don't need to be an amateur botanist to understand why.

The shrub, with its often fuzzy evergreen leaves and funnel-shaped flowers, is a fixture of ... the gardens at Hôtel de Yama in Hakone, Japan, a hot spring town with views of Mount Fuji, are ...