
Countless husbands across the world will have picked up a bouquet of flowers for their wives to celebrate their love for Valentine’s Day.

But one husband in Japan has taken it to the next level, after he spent a decade creating a landscape of pink blooms to cheer up his wife after she went blind.

Toshiyuki Kuroki and his wife Yasuko, from Miyazaki Prefecture, had been married for 30 years when Mrs Kuroki began having problems with her sight.

True love: Toshiyuki Kuroki and his wife Yasuko, from Miyazaki Prefecture in Japan, have been married for more than 60 years. But their lives haven't been free from problems

Dedication: They had been married for 30 years when Mrs Kuroki began having problems with her sight. Within a week she had gone blind

Within a week, she had gone blind, suffering from complications relating to her diabetes.

To the pair of dairy farmers, who had woken early every morning to look after their herd of 60 cows, her loss of sight was devastating.

They had led a difficult but rewarding life, also raising their two children, and had planned to celebrate their coming retirement with a massive tour around their country.

Mr and Mrs Kuroki were heartbroken that all their plans now seemed impossible. Mrs Kuroki shut herself away from the world and Mr Kuroki was forced to watch on, helpless, as his wife sunk into a deep depression.

Care: The heartbroken woman locked herself away from the world, shut up in their home and refusing to go out and meet new people

Support: Her husband struck on the idea of creating a beautiful garden to encourage visitors to come to their house and cheer her up

Beauty: He planted thousands of bright pink shibazakura flowers, also known as moss phlox, around their house in Shintomi Town

Landscape: The couple, who spent their marriage caring for a herd of 60 cows, planned to travel all around the country in their retirement

That was until one day, Mr Kuroki noticed passersby admiring their small garden, which was filled with bright pink shibazakura flowers, also known as moss phlox.

He thought that if he planted more blooms, more people would come to see them and would help to keep his lonely wife company.

And so he quit his dairy farm and started work on creating a carpet of the pink flowers, surrounding their house and creating a striking and beautiful landscape.

He spent two years creating the foundation for the garden, reported RocketNews24, chopping down trees and caring for the fledgling plants.

Loss: After Mrs Kuroki lost her sight, however, her husband quit dairy farming and dedicated the next 10 years to creating the garden

Visitors: Throughout the months of March and April the pink flowers are in full bloom, creating a beautiful carpet of pink around their home

Happiness: More than 10 years after the first seeds were planted by Mr Kuroki, the garden now attracts more than 7,000 visitors every year

Spectacular: But it's not just the landscape full of bright pink flowers that attract the visitors, they are also drawn by the couple's love story

Tourists: People now come from all over Japan to see the garden full of flowers and hope for the chance to meet the couple behind it all

Peaceful: The couple can spend their days walking through the fields of flowers and meeting people, and it's put a smile back on her face

Company: Through his care in creating the beautiful garden, Mr Kuroki has been able to pull his wife back out of her deep depression

Now, more than a decade after the first seeds were planted, the garden in Shintomi Town is open to the public and attracts more than 7,000 visitors every year.

Throughout March and April, when the flowers are in full bloom, Mrs Kuroki has countless people to talk to and put a smile back on her face.

And visitors can also tour the old cow sheds, where they can hear more about the flowers and about the touching love story that brought the garden into being.

All smiles: Mrs Kuroki can now sit in the visitors centre, in the old cow sheds, and talk to people despite the fact she is unable to see

Commitment: The whole garden has taken more than a decade to create. Mr Kuroki spent the first two years just clearing the landscape

Together: He hit on the idea after noticing some passersby admiring their small garden full of the bright pink shibazakura flowers

Senses: As well as their bright pink colour, the flowers have a strong scent so his blind wife can also enjoy the thousands of blooms

Colourful: The beautiful carpet of shibazakura flowers surrounds the couple's house, and stretches almost as far as the eye can see

Countryside: He has created a small patch of peace where visitors are free to walk around and enjoy the spring sunshine in Shintomi Town