1. 2 million sunflowers🌻🌻🌻 in Hokuryu-cho in Hokkaido.
It is the beautiful scenery we can see about 1 month later.
This is the largest sunflower field in Japan.
The vast fields of flowers and the endless blue sky were breathtaking.
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🌻The best time to see sunflowers : between late July and early August.
🕣Opening hour : 24 hours.
💴Admission fee : free.
📍Access : 1.5 hour by car from Asahikawa airport.
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2. Blue hydrangea path in Unshoji Temple in Akita prefecture.
It has become popular in recent years for its spectacular views of more than 1,500 hydrangea plants.
The temple's deputy priest spent more than 15 years growing them from just one plant.
As with my previous post, this is one of the scenery I really wanted to film in this place.
This path was a popular spot as it is near the entrance of the temple, so it was very difficult to film a video without people.
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🕣Opening hour : 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
💴Admission fee : 500 yen.
📍Access : About 40 minutes by bus from Oga station.
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3. Blue nemophila field at Hitachi Seaside💠💠💠 Park in Ibaraki prefecture.
The 200 hectares huge park is a home to a variety of colorful flowers throughout the four seasons.
I have seen nemophila flower fields in many places, but I think this is the best place in terms of the size of the fields.
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💠Best time to see nemophila flowers : Between mid and late April.
💴Admission fee : 700 yen.
🕣Opening hour : 9:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. ( Fee and opening hour may change depending on the season. )
📍Access : 2 hour by Express Bus from Tokyo Station.
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4. Canola flowers and Mount Fuji🌼🗻 in Oishi Park at the shore of lake Kawaguchiko.
This park is home to a wide variety of beautiful flowers in every season.
In autumn, this flower field changes into a red carpet of the autumn leaves of kochia.
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💴Admission fee : free.
🕣Opening hour : 24 hours.
📍Access : 30 minutes by bus from Kawaguchiko station.
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5. Cherry blossoms, a Japanese traditional building and Mt.Fuji🌸🏡🗻 at Oshino village in Yamanashi prefecture.
This village is famous for the eight ponds filled with very clear water that flows from Mt.Fuji.
Nakaike pond in this video is one of the famous photo spots.
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💴Admission fee : free.
📍Access : 2 hours by highway bus from Tokyo.
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6. Flowers and ducks💠🌼🌸🦆 in Amabiki Kannon in Ibaraki prefecture.
This place is well known as the beautiful hydrangea viewing spot.
Especially between late June and early July when colorful hydrangeas float on the pond is popular.
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💠The best time to see hydrangea : Between mid June and early July.
📆Time to see hydrangeas on the water : 24 June to 9 July.
💴Admission fee : free.
🕣Opening hour : 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
📍Access : 10 minutes by taxi from Iwase station.
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7. Hydrangea at Meigetsuin temple in Kamakura.
This temple is one of the most famous hydrangea viewing spots in Japan.
The first scene in this video is the most popular photo spot of this temple.
I lined up two hours before the gates opened to film a video without people😅.
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💠The best time to see hydrangea : Between the mid and end of June.
🕣Opening hour : 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.(June only)
💴Admission Fee : 500yen.(June only)
📍Access : 10 minutes walk from Kita Kamakura station.
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8. Hydrangeas in Unshoji Temple in Akita prefecture.
I’ve been wanting to visit this place ever since I saw the beautiful photos on other photographer’s posts.
It has become popular in recent years for its spectacular views of more than 1,500 hydrangea plants.
The temple’s deputy priest spent more than 15 years growing them from just one plant.
💐Hydrangea viewing period : 10 Jun 2023 - 17 Jul 2023.
🕣Opening hour : 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
💴Admission fee : 500 yen.
📍Access : About 40 minutes by bus from Oga station.
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9. Lavender garden in Misato town in Akita prefecture.
Around late June, the vast fields of 20,000 lavender plants are in full bloom.
I went there early in the morning so there were few people and the peaceful atmosphere was nice.
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💐The best time to see lavenders: Between late June and early July.
🕣Opening hours : 24 hours.
💴Admission fee : free.
📍Access: 30 minutes by car from Omagari Station.
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10. Lilies of many colors at Sasayama Tamamizu Yuri Garden in Hyogo prefecture.
From mid-June to early-July, 100,000 lilies of 60 species are in full bloom.
The blue flowers at the far end are hydrangeas.
If the timing is right, you can see a collaboration of lilies and hydrangeas.
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💴Admission fee : 800 yen.
🕐Opening hour : 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
📍Access : About 30 minutes by bus from Sasayamaguchi station.
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11. Livingstone daisy field🌼🌸🌺 in Kuju Flower Park in Oita prefecture.
You can fully enjoy the beautiful scenery of the seasonal flowers with the mountains in the background.
Between early and late May, Livingstone daisies are in full bloom.
When I visited here this year, this flower garden was not yet in full bloom, so I am posting a video I took last year.
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🌼The best time to see Livingstone daisies : Between the early and late May.
💴Admission fee : 1300 yen.
🕣Opening hour : 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
📍Access : About an hour by car from Oita city.
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12. The collaboration of the red leaves and the colourful wall of azaleas was amazing, at Nagasaki prefecture
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13. Matsumoto azalea park in Nagasaki prefecture.
The contrast between the blue of the nemophila on the ground and the colourful wall of azaleas was amazing💠🌼🌸🌺.
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🌺The best time to see azalea : mid April.
🕣Opening hour : 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
💴Admission fee : 600 yen.
📍Access : About 30 minutes by car from Nagasaki airport.
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14. Moss phlox at Higashimokoto Shibazakura Park in Hokkaido.
In mid-May, the vast hillside covering 100,000 square meters is beautifully colored like a carpet of pink.
The pink torii gate⛩ on the left and the cow mark🐮 on the top right are symbols of this place.
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🌸The best time to see : around mid May.
💴Admission fee : 500 yen.
🕣Opening hour : 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
📍Access : 30 minutes by car from Abashiri station.
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15. Moss phlox at Taiyo No Oka Engaru Koen park in Hokkaido.
This is one of Hokkaido’s most famous spots for moss phlox.
This is a shot from the opposite side of the video posted on 30 May.
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🌸The best time to see : around mid May.
🕣Opening hour : 24 hours.
💴Admission fee : free.
📍Access : 50 minutes from Monbetsu airport by car.
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16. Mount Fuji and summer flowers at Hanano Miyako Koen Park in Yamanashi prefecture.
It is the beautiful scenery we can see this summer.
This is my favorite place where I can take pictures of seasonal flowers with Mount Fuji in the background.
The first scene is the sunflower field and the second one is the orange cosmos flower field.
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🕣Opening hour : All day. (Fee areas 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.)
💴Admission fee : Free or 600 yen.
📍Access : About 30 minutes by bus from Fujisan station.
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17. Nemophila flowers at Kuju Flower Park in Oita prefecture.
The view of the carpet of blue flowers spread along the hill was amazing.
This is a shot of the other side of the video posted on 22 May.
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💠The best time to see nemophila flowers : Mid to late May.
🕣Opening hour : 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
💴Admission fee : 1300 yen.
📍Access : About an hour by car from Oita city.
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18. Odawara Castle Park in Odawara city near Tokyo.
This park is located in the grounds of Odawara Castle🏯, which was built in the middle of the 14th century.
About 10,000 irises are fully bloomed in early June.
Hydrangeas blooming at the same time were also very beautiful.
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💐The best time to see iris and hydrangea : between early and mid of June.
🕣Opening hour : 24 hour.
💴Admission fee : free.
📍Access : 10 minutes walk from JR Odawara Station. (Total of 1.5 hour from Tokyo station)
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19. Shorinji temple in Kyoto city.
It is a Buddhist temple established in 1615.
This is a "Chozuya" that is a place for ritual cleansing of hands and mouth water when visiting shrines.
Decorating the Chozuya with floating flowers like this is called Hana Chozu in Japanese.
The charm of this temple's Hana Chozu was its vivid colors of the various flowers🌻🌺🌼💠.
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🕣Opening hour : 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
💴Admission fee : free.
📍Access : 8 minutes walk from Tofukuji station.
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20. Hydrangea is the main character in the rainy season in Japan
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21. The hydrangea garden at Shimoda town in Shizuoka prefecture.
About 3 million hydrangeas are beautifully bloomed on a vast site of about 300,000 square meters facing the sea.
The scenery of an alley and hill full of colorful hydrangeas were gorgeous.
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🌺The best time to see hydrangeas : between mid June and early July.
🕣Opening hours : 24 hours.
💴Entrance fee : free.
📍Access : 15 minutes walk from Shimoda station.
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22. The rainbow colored flower field🌈 in Shikisai-no-oka in Hokkaido.
It is the beautiful scenery we can see this summer.
The field on a hill is filled with about 30 varieties of flowers.
From the spring to fall, you can see the amazing scenery with Mt.Tokachi in the background.
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💐The best time to see : Between the mid July and September.
💴Admission fee : 500 yen.
🕣Opening hour : 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ( It may change depending on the season ).
📍Access : 15 minutes by car from JR Biei Station.
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23. Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura.
This is a “Chozuya” that is a place for ritual cleansing of hands and mouth water when visiting shrines.
Many hydrangeas are decorated again this year.
This type of Chozuya is called “Hana-Chozu”.
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🕣Opening hour : 24 hours.
💴Admission fee : free.
📍Access : 15 minutes walk from Kamakura station.
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24. Tulips and sunrise🌷🌅 in Akebonoyama Agricultural Park in Kashiwa city near Tokyo.
You can enjoy seeing a variety of seasonal flowers such as cherry blossoms, tulips, poppies, sunflowers and cosmos flowers.
There were so many people around me taking photos that it was difficult to find the good timing when I could walk sideways while shooting.
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🌷The best time to see the tulips : Between early and mid of Spring.
💴Admission fee : free.
🕣Opening hour : Not specified.
📍Access : 15 minutes by car from Kashiwa Interchange of Jobando Highway.
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25. "Umbrella Sky” at Moomin Valley Park in Saitama prefecture.
This is a theme park for the popular animated cartoon "Moomin" written by Tove Jansson.
A 200-meter path from the entrance gate was decorated with a lot of colorful umbrellas floating in the air.
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🗓Event duration: April 27 to July 3.
🕣Opening hour : 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. or 6:00 p.m.
💴Admission fee : 3000 yen.
📍Access : 13 minutes by bus from Seibu Hanno Station.
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26. White hydrangea “Annabelle” in Gongendo Park in Saitama prefecture near Tokyo.
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27. White hydrangea “Annabelle” in Sagamihara Kita Park in Kanagawa prefecture.
The park is planted with 10,000 hydrangeas of about 200 varieties, with white hydrangeas being particularly popular.
I also liked the relaxing atmosphere, as it is not a place where many tourists come.
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🌺The best time to see white hydrangeas: Between late June and early July.
🕣Opening hours : 24 hours.
💴Admission fee : free.
📍Access : About 15 minutes by bus from Hashimoto Station.
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28. White hydrangea "Annabelle" in Gongendo Park in Saitama prefecture near Tokyo.
This is beautiful scenery we will be able to see soon.
It is very popular for the scenery of the 1km cherry blossoms tunnel in April and cluster amaryllis in the autumn.
But about 3000 white hydrangeas in June are also amazing.
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🌺The best time to see hydrangeas: Between early June and early July.
🕣Opening hours : 24 hours.
💴Admission fee : free.
📍Access : 15 minutes by bus from Satte Station.
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29. Wisteria trellis in Ashikaga Flower Park in Tochigi prefecture.
Over 150 years old great wisteria tree in this video is very famous.
The collaboration of purple flowers overhead and azaleas in the foreground was wonderful.
I rushed here right after the opening, but it was very difficult to get a video without letting people in.
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💐Best time to see wisteria: From late April to early May.
💴Admission fee : 300 yen - 1800 yen.
🕣Opening hour : 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
⚠️Admission fee and opening hours may change depending on the condition of the flowers.
📍Access : 1 minute walk from Ashikaga Flower Park Station.
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30. Yamasa Kamaboko Lotus Flower Garden.
Six different types of lotus at different flowering times are planted in the extensive grounds of Yamasa Kamaboko Corporation, founded in 1916.
It was the first time I had seen so many blooming lotus flowers as far as the eye could see.
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🪷The best time to see : Between mid June and late July.
💴Admission fee : Free.
🕣Opening hour : 24 hours.
📍Access : About 30 minutes by bus from Himeji station.
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