When Yasuko Kuroki lost her eyesight, the life she and her husband, Toshiyuki Kuroki, had planned together changed. The Japanese couple had spent decades working on their dairy farm in Miyazaki Prefecture, raising their family and looking forward to travelling around Japan after retirement. But complications from diabetes left Yasuko blind, and she gradually withdrew from the outside world. Her husband wanted to find a way to help her reconnect with people. His idea was to plant thousands of pink flowers around their home, creating a garden that would attract visitors and give his wife more opportunities to spend time with others.
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