10 places to see tulips in Japan 日本で チューリップを見るための十場所
Tulips in Hitachi Park
Mirai Takahashi
The other emblematic flowers of Japanese spring!
Although spring in Japan is above all synonymous with cherry blossoms, it is also the time of tulips! Japan and the Netherlands having maintained good relations since the Edo period (1603-1868), tulips have always been popular on the archipelago. And from mid-April to the end of May, there are thousands of them from north to south of the country.
Hokkaido
1. Kamiyubetsu Tulip Park (Hokkaido)
Kamiyubetsu Tulip Park is one of the favorite destinations for tourists who travel to Hokkaido in the spring. And for good reason, with more than 120 varieties of tulips spread over 7 hectares , the Kamiyubetsu Tulip Park is one of the largest tulip parks in Japan ! With its small streams, its bridges and its windmills, it is a place not to be missed. if you want to admire the tulips in the north of the country.
Useful information :
Address :099-6501Kamiyuubetsutondenshigaichi, Yuubetsu-cho, Monbetsu-gun, Hokkaido
Opening hours : open exclusively from May to June, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Prices : adult 500 yen (4€), child 250 yen (2€)
Access : 20 minutes by bus from JR Engaru station (Sekihoku line)
Kamiyubetsu Tulip Park
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Around Tokyo
2.Hitachi Seaside Park (Ibaraki)
Hitachi Seaside Park is the largest flower park in the Kanto region .
Located in Hitachinaka in Ibaraki Prefecture, it brings together 170 varieties of tulips on 170 hectares , as well as many other varieties of flowers throughout the year. Ideal for coming to admire the tulips and cherry trees , the park also has a cycle path , restaurants and cafes .
Hitachi Seaside Park
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Useful information :
Address: Ibaraki Prefecture, Hitachi Naka City, Oaza Mawatari 605-4, 312-0012
Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Mondays
Prices: adult 410 yen (3€30), child 80 yen (0€60)
Access: 18 minutes by bus from Katsuta Station (Jodan Line)
3.Showa Memorial Park (Tachikawa)
Located in Tokyo Prefecture, in Tachikawa, Showa Memorial Park was built in 1983 to honor the 50-year reign of the Emperor of the Showa era (1926-1989).
Famous for its museum which houses many objects that belonged to the father of the current emperor , the park is also famous for its rather exceptional area.
Swimming pool, ice rink, pedal boat, restaurants, cafes, the park extends over several kilometers where flowers and ponds also have pride of place. The Showa Memorial Park is therefore ideal for anyone who would like to enjoy a small corner of greenery just a stone's throw from the center of Tokyo .
Useful information :
Address : 190-0014 Tokyo, Midoricho Tachikawa 3173
Hours : 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Prices : Admission and museum, adult 750 yen (6€), child 650 yen (5€20)
Access : 10 minutes on foot from Tachikawa Station (JR Chuo Line)
4.Sakura Furusato Square (Chiba)
Laid out in the Dutch style , Sakura Furusato Square is a pretty flower park located in the small town of Sakura in Chiba Prefecture. With its tulips in spring and its fields of sunflowers in summer , Sakura Furusato Square could come straight out of a Van Gogh painting!
It should also be noted that the park has a cycle path that leads to Lake Inbamuna and that it hosts the Sakura Tulip Festival every year, an event centered around the tulip where music and light effects come to animate the fields of flowers.
Useful information :
Address :2714Usuita, Sakura, Chiba
Hours : 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Prices : free entrance
Access : a few minutes by bus from Keisei-Usui station (Keisei line) with the Sakura City LoopBus, ''Furusato Square'' stop.
5. Grinpa Amusement Park (Shizuoka)
Located on the ''second floor'' of the Mount Fuji in Shizuoka prefecture, the Grinpa Amusement Park is a small theme park very popular with children . Two areas were then set up there: the Ultraman park , which includes attractions bearing the image of the Japanese hero, and the evillage Sylvania , a space dedicated to small animals of the Sylvania family.
Enchanting and bucolic , it evolves with the seasons! And in winter, the village of Sylvania takes on the appearance of ski slopes, in spring, it is the tulip fields that color the foot of Mount Fuji!
Useful information :
Address : 410-1231Shizuoka Prefecture, Susono, Suyama
Hours : 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Price : adult 1,200 yen (9€60), child 800 yen (6€40)
Access : 30 minutes by car from Gotemba station (Odakyu line)
6. Hamamatsu Flower Park (Shizuoka)
Located in the small town of Hamamatsu, the Hamamatsu Flower Park brings together 3,000 varieties of flowers, including 500,000 spring tulip plants. It also hosts the city's flower festival every year .
Useful information :
Address : 195 Kanzanji-cho, Nishi Ward, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka
Hours : 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Prices : adult 1,000 yen (8€), child 300 yen (2€40)
Access : 40 minutes by bus from Hamamatsu station (Tokaido Shinkansen line), ''Flower park'' stop.
Chubu
7.Tonami Tulip Park (Toyama)
With its 2 million tulips which include more than 600 varieties , the Tonami Tulip Park is one of the largest tulip parks in the Chubu region .
Located in Toyama prefecture, the park hosts many flower-related events every year, such as the Flower Fashion Show , a fashion show whose pieces are made entirely from tulips !
Also note that the park has a museum , several small cafes , and an observatory which gives a magnificent view from above of its fields.
Tonami Tulip Park
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Kiso Sansen Park Center
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Useful information :
Address : 100-1 Nakamura, Nanto, Toyama, 939-1381
Opening hours : open exclusively from April to May, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Prices : adult 1,000 yen (8€), child 300 yen (2€40)
Access : 5 minutes from Tonami Station (Johana Line) via the free park shuttle
8. Kiso Sansen Park Center (Gifu)
Located in Ichinomiya, between the Ibi and Nagara rivers in Gifu Prefecture, Kiso Sansen Park Center is a beautiful flower park featuring large ponds and pretty tulip fields starting in April . It is also equipped with an observatory that will allow you to admire the 360° view!
Useful information :
Address : 255-3 Aburajima, Kaizu-cho, Kaizu-shi, Gifu Prefecture 503-0625
Hours : 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Prices : free entry, paying observatory - adult 620 yen (4€95), child 300 yen (2€40)
Access : 13 minutes by car from Kisogawa station (Tokaido line)
Chugoku
9.Sera Kogen Farm, Hiroshima
Located in the heart of the plains of Hiroshima prefecture, the SeraKogen farm brings together nearly 600 varieties of tulips on more than 6.5 hectares . That's no less than 850,000 plants!
Very popular with Japanese tourists, the farm is only open three times a year : during the tulip season in the spring , during the sunflower season in the summer , and to welcome visitors . momiji in autumn .
Well laid out, it also has several restaurants and cafes, including the Flower Café , which offers teas flavored with seasonal flowers , as well as many products made from flowers .
Useful information :
Address :SeraKogen Farm, 1124-11 Bessako Seracho Sera-gun, Hiroshima
Hours : 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Prices : Adult 800 yen (6€40), child 400 yen (3€20)
Access : 20 minutes by car from Bingo-Mikawa station (Fukuen line)
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Kyushu
10. Huis Ten Bosch (Nagasaki)
The Huis Ten Bosch is a somewhat special theme park . His concept? To reproduce the Netherlands with replicas of real Dutch monuments!
Divided into several ''villages'' like large amusement parks, the HuisTen Bosch has several hotels and restaurants , as well as many attractions for young and old. But it is above all its architecture and its layout that have made its success .
Windmills, boats on the water and fields of tulips, HuisTen Bosch is ideal for anyone who misses the European continent!
Finally, note that a replica of the real Huis Ten Bosch palace is also present in the park, which is surrounded by 3 million tulips .
Useful information :
Address : 1-1 Huis Ten Bosch Machi, Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture 859-3292 Japan
Opening hours : open from February to April, from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Prices : adult 7,000 yen (56€), child 4,000 yen (32€)
Access : get off at Huis Ten Bosch Station (Omura line)
