
Mukōjima-Hyakkaen Garden Plum Festival
The plum festival at Mukojima-Hyakkaen Gardens has traditional shows (incl. a sparrow dance) as well as beautiful plum blossoms.
The plum festival at Mukojima-Hyakkaen Gardens has traditional shows (incl. a sparrow dance) as well as beautiful plum blossoms.
See the illuminated icicles of Ashigakubo in Saitama and find yourself in a winter wonderland.
Special chrysanthemum flower beds and arrangements will be on temporary display during this exhibition at Shinjuku Gyoen. Chrysanthemums have been cultivated at Shinjuku Gyoen sincen 1904, but …
The Autumn Rose Festival at Kyu-Furukawa Gardens takes place between October and November. There will also be an Autumn Rose Concert. The gardens are famous for an early 20th century …
We’re totally in love with Showa Kinen Park—it’s a massive park with dazzling trees, myriad flowers, a dragonfly marsh, bird sanctuaries, fountains, bike trails, a kids area and …
After two years of pruning the heads off the Spider Lilies so they didn’t flower, the powers that be in Kinchakuda are finally allowing the plants to flower and the crowds to once again …
Feast your eyes on 200 roses at the Spring Rose Festival at Kyu-Furukawa Gardens.
Head to Katsushika ward in Tokyo for the yearly iris festival, taking place at Horikiri Shobuen Garden and Mizumoto Park. The Horikiri Shobuen Garden boasts 6,000 iris plants and 200 varieties, …
Some of the major seasonal festivals during rainy season are based around the hydangrea flower (called ajisai in Japanese). The ajisai festivals are on all over Tokyo and beyond around the …
It’s rare to see a blue flower — let alone a whole field of them. But that’s the main attraction at Hitachi Seaside Park’s annual spring event, Flowering. The nemophila, …
Shibazakura (moss phlox) means something like “lawn-cherry” and these flowers, which bloom in multiple shades of pink, are one of Japan’s many, many spring blooms. Around Tokyo, …
Kameido Tenjin Shrine has been associated with wisteria since its founding in the mid-17th century. According to the shrine, its inaugural head priest knew that the damp soil of the shrine …
Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden is beautiful during the day, but have you ever wanted to check it out after hours?
You don't need to travel outside of Tokyo to grab a little slice of the Netherlands.
Hadano, in Kanagawa Prefecture, boasts an exceptionally long cherry blossom promenade: Hadano Sakura Michi stretches 6.2km and is lined with hundreds of cherry trees. There are more cherry trees …
If you want to stroll down a cherry blossom-lined street without big crowds, then head to Spain-zaka near Ark Hills.
Banish winter blues with a trip to seaside hotspring resort Atami, where the Atami Plum Garden hosts a Plum Blossom Festival throughout the months of January and February. Atami is known to have …
Welcome to Recharge with Nature volume 2! Did you know that nature, exercise, and fresh air are all important parts of mental wellness? Join us for our second hike, this time in lovely Kanagawa. …