[2024 Ashikaga Attraction] Travel Guide for Ashikaga Flower Park (Updated Sep)

Blooming beauties

We really had a great time visited several Parks in Japan, namely Goryokaku Park, Hitachi Seaside Park, Ashikaga Flower Park which offerred extensive varieties of flowers. We love the special emotions being surrounded by flowers. Flowers made us feel good, happy and in love. Flowers are sunshine, food and medicine to our souls. Every flower blooms in its own time just like we all grow and bloom at our own pace. And, life is beautiful.

Purple wisteria in Ashikaga Flower Park!

The largest wisteria garden in Japan, the Ashikaga Flower Park has over 350 wisteria trees that bloom from April to May. The stunning flowers, which dangle from wooden trellises, come in a riot of colours including violet, blue, pink, white and yellow blossoms. The highlight of the park is definitely the magnificent 150-year-old wisteria tree in the centre of the park!

WISTERIA WONDERLAND IN ASHIKAGA FLOWER PARK

#parksandgardens We weren't aware that the wisteria at Ashikaga Flower Park would be in season as our main plan was to visit Hitachi Park for the blue flowers. However, we learned about the wisteria season later and felt lucky to have the chance to see it as well. The lush wisteria of white and purple shades drape and hang beautifully from the wooden trellises, its fragrance so wonderfully nice and sweet. We were incredibly happy with the visit and left the park feeling blissful. #100waysoftravel #myhiddengems #ashikagaflowerpark #wisteria #spring

Summer in Ashikaga Flower Park

strolling around the strong fragrances of summer flowers in japan #summer #flowers #park #japan #ashikagaflowerpark

Ashikaga Flower Park's Kaleidoscope of Beauty

#japantrip My visit to Ashikaga Flower Park was a kaleidoscope of colors and a symphony of scents! This enchanting park in Tochigi, Japan, is a floral wonderland. As I strolled through the gardens, I was mesmerized by the vibrant blooms of wisteria, azaleas, and peonies. The delicate petals and intricate details of each flower left me in awe. The park's serene atmosphere and picturesque paths invited me to linger and savor the beauty around me. With each step, my senses came alive, and my heart filled with joy. Ashikaga Flower Park is a must-visit for anyone seeking a tranquil and breathtakingly beautiful experience amidst nature's splendor.

Ashikaga Flower Park in Tochigi Prefecture

Located in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, Ashikaga Flower Park was once selected by American CNN as one of the top ten dreamy travel destinations in the world. It is the only place in Japan that made the list. During the months of April and May when the wisteria flowers bloom, the park hosts the Great Wisteria Festival, where over 350 wisteria trees blossom at the same time, creating a spectacular sight. It is said that wisteria is an ancient flowering plant in Japan, and there is even a wisteria tree that is over 150 years old, which has been designated as a national natural monument. The sea of wisteria flowers during the day is like a dreamy fairyland, and at night, the wisteria flowers, illuminated by lights, are recognized as a Japanese night view heritage known as 'Night Wisteria'. CNN even compared it to the Tree of Souls in Avatar, making it feel like being in a forest wonderland, leaving visitors in awe. Ashikaga Flower Park Address: 607 Hamama-cho, Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture

Ashikaga Flower Park

#Ashikaga Flower Park, located in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, is renowned for its stunning wisteria displays. Spanning 94,000 square meters, the park features an array of seasonal flowers, including roses, hydrangeas, and azaleas. Its centerpiece is the Great Wisteria Festival, where massive wisteria vines form breathtaking tunnels and cascading canopies, illuminated at night for a magical experience. The park also boasts a spectacular display of winter lights. With its diverse floral exhibits changing throughout the year, Ashikaga Flower Park offers a captivating, colorful retreat for nature enthusiasts and photographers alike. #Flower #Japan #Ashikaga

【Spring Flower Hunting】Ashikaga Flower Park: Have you ever seen such a rare double-flowered wisteria?

On the way to Ashikaga, passing by the Kasama Inari Shrine, I recognized the double-flowered wisteria —a not so large shrine dedicated to the 'Double-flowered Wisteria Flower Festival', where middle school students take photos under the wisteria, although it had only just started to bloom, I couldn't fully witness its rare beauty in full bloom... But finally, in the Ashikaga Wisteria Garden, I was fortunate to encounter it again: Blue-purple? Dark purple? Burgundy? It looked like bunches of ripe grapes hanging down🍇, but also had peony-like buds, very double-layered, very distinctive, this is the precious variety in the world of wisteria: the double-flowered 'Black Dragon Wisteria', simply known as double-flowered wisteria, also called peony wisteria, it is said that it was not very popular in the past, because its wisteria flowers bloom almost black, which is somewhat eerie, but now, under scientific recognition, it is considered valuable for its rarity: Such a rare, double-flowered wisteria— have you ever seen it?

Ashikaga Flower Park Wisteria Festival

The best time to view the flowers at the Ashikaga Flower Park Wisteria Festival is when over 350 wisteria plants of various colors, such as purple, white, and pink, will bloom in succession during the festival. Among them, the giant purple wisteria trellis, which spreads out like a canopy, is particularly breathtaking. The curtains of wisteria flowers sway in the wind alongside azaleas, reminiscent of the Tree of Souls from the movie Avatar, creating a dreamy and romantic atmosphere. Wisteria Festival 2024 Dates: April 13 to May 15, 2024 Address: 607 Hasama-cho, Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture, Ashikaga Flower Park

Ashikaga Flower Park

#cherryblossom2024 I came to this flower park in April , when the most popular Wisteria flower in this park starts blooming. I was very lucky I visited this park when it was sunny day, not raining at all (it was rainy season). There is a lot of different types flower, you can enjoy seeing it while walking or sitting on the bench. Apparently there is a souvenir shop that selling flowers too, they are available in a little pot or even seed if you want to plant it yourself. There is also a restaurant that is selling a limited time Wisteria themed ice cream, they said it's a combination of vanilla and Wisteria flower.

Ashikaga flower park

Wow..it was a amazing experience. Millions of lights.

ashikaga flower park

different season different flower blooming

Ashikaga Flower Park

#springblossom I love Ghost of Tsushima and if you played the DLC and saw the mysterious wisteria at the end of the world, you can see it here in the real world instead. The wisteria season is around April - May, may move, so watch the official website to catch the best moment. White tunnel is amazing, smells quite fragile, but definitely flowers which might be too weak to replicate as perfumes. Wisteria flavored ice cream is surprisingly good, worth to try. Looks elegant. Snacks and light meal available inside the garden. Credit card mostly available. Parking slots, vending machines for waters. If you want to feel flowers in Japan, you have no reason to miss it.

Ashikaga flower park

#thingstodo I came to this flower park on April 2023, when the most popular Wisteria flower in this park starts blooming. I was very lucky I visited this park when it was sunny day, not raining at all (it was rainy season). There is a lot of different types flower, you can enjoy seeing it while walking or sitting on the bench. Apparently there is a souvenir shop that selling flowers too, they are available in a little pot or even seed if you want to plant it yourself. There is also a restaurant that is selling a limited time Wisteria themed ice cream, they said it's a combination of vanilla and Wisteria flower.

Ashikaga Flower Park Illumination

#2024wish The park luminates at night with a lot of light shows. Even if there was no natural wisteria when I went during October there were tons of things that made it look similar and the place was interesting overall. I do not recommend going there if you are a solo like me since it was very sad to see only couples there uwu. Still it was worth it for 1300 yen. I wish to travel more in 2024

Westeria Season

#2024wish I came to this flower park on April 2023, when the most popular Wisteria flower in this park starts blooming. I was very lucky I visited this park when it was sunny day, not raining at all (it was rainy season). There is a lot of different types flower, you can enjoy seeing it while walking or sitting on the bench. Apparently there is a souvenir shop that selling flowers too, they are available in a little pot or even seed if you want to plant it yourself. There is also a restaurant that is selling a limited time Wisteria themed ice cream, they said it's a combination of vanilla and Wisteria flower. i wish to travel more in 2024

Ashikaga Flower Park Tochigi

#2024wish This place was selected as one of the top 10 international dream destinations by CNN. The garden has a wide variety of different flowers. I was amazed at the old wisteria tree (160 y/o) and wondering how do they manage to grow such delicate trees like this? While wandering around, I could smell the lovely scent of wisterias and azaleas. Highly recommend. I want to come here again in 2024.

Tulips season

#2024wish Travelled 1 hr 30 mins from Shinjuku to get here. Even though the staff spoke little English, she understood the number of tickets that we would like to buy. Tickets were affordable. Upon entering the garden, I was underwhelmed. They do have a lot of land to plant the flowers, but many were bald. I wouldn't travel that far out for this if I knew it was going to look like that. You are better off going to free parks. I wish to travel more 2024

Flower Castle

#2024wish The park has also become very popular in the winter season for putting on a massive winter illumination display. Drawing large crowds every year, the park opens its gates every evening from mid October to midy February to let visitors wander through the elaborate exhibition. Almost every corner of the park grounds are decorated in hundreds of thousands of multi-colored LED lights, covering flower bushes, lining walkways, and arranged into huge, creative objects and sets on an impressive scale. I wish to travel more in 2024

Westeria Season

#2024wish I love Ghost of Tsushima and if you played the DLC and saw the mysterious wisteria at the end of the world, you can see it here in the real world instead. This is my second time coming here .The wisteria season is around April - May, may move, so watch the official website to catch the best moment. White tunnel is amazing, smells quite fragile, but definitely flowers which might be too weak to replicate as perfumes. Wisteria flavored ice cream is surprisingly good, worth to try. Looks elegant. Snacks and light meal available inside the garden. Credit card mostly available. Parking slots, vending machines for waters. If you want to feel flowers in Japan, you have no reason to miss it. I wish to travel more in 2024

Winter Illumination

#2024wish Went for the night time light show. Absolutely gorgeous. As the roses were still blooming the garden is filled with a sweet aroma. There shops and food vendors open at nights and an overall festival feel. Beautiful park and lighting. I went here in November 2023 and they started displaying Christmas decoration. This park also offered lighting show, food and beverages food court, cafes, small snack stalls and gift shops. We had to walk 10-15 mins from station but it was worth it. I wish to travel more in 2024

Ashikaga Flower Park

Ashikaga Flower Park - Top Ten Dreamy Tourist Attractions in the World

Ashikaga Flower Park, known for its illuminated wisteria flowers and one of Japan's three major colored lights 'Garden of Light', has been ranked first in the light show for seven consecutive years. It is also the only place in Japan that has been rated by American CNN as one of the top ten dreamy tourist attractions in the world. The park covers an area of 100,000 square meters, decorated with more than 5 million colored lights

Ashikaga Flower Park

Awarded with the golden prize of being the number one illumination display in all of Japan, Ashikaga Flower Park offers a truly spectacular and enjoyable evening walking under all the magical lights. With gardens of thousands of blinking lights, their original wisteria light tunnels, and other lit-up themed sets, Ashikaga Flower Park is a definite must-visit for their illuminations at nighttime. The park can be most easily accessed from Tokyo. All you have to do is take the Tohoku Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Oyama Station (a 42 minute journey that costs ¥3860), and then take the JR Ryomo Line from Oyama Station to Tomita Station (a 13 minute journey that costs ¥580). Ashikaga Flower Park is then a short 13 minute walk away from the station. If you have the JR pass, the whole journey is covered by it, so it is definitely a place very worth visiting if you are staying in Tokyo and have the JR pass. #christmastrip

Ashikaga Flower Park

Ashikaga Flower Park is known as the Garden of Illuminated Flowers. It features different wisteria flowers: blue, white, pink wisteria, and yellow laburnum that looks like yellow colored wisteria. There are food shops in the park. Entrance fee: Depending on the time of year and the type of ticket purchased, adult admission fees range from 300 to 1800 yen. Prices are highest during the peak flower season, during the months of April and May. Lower prices can be enjoyed from July until February. For children, fees range from 100 to 900 yen. Children under the age of four are admitted free of charge. Address: 607 Hasama-cho, Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture Getting there: 🌟A 13-minute walk from Tomita Station on the JR Ryomo Line. 🌟30 minutes by car from Tobu Ashikaga Station. 🌟15 minutes from Ashikaga Interchange on the Kita Kanto Expressway. 🌟18 minutes from Sano Fujioka Interchange on the Tohoku Expressway. #christmastrip

The light of Christmas in Ashikaga Park

Ashikaga Flower Park is known for its great wisteria in Spring. It’s a paradise and worth visiting year-round. I was there in spring capturing the moments even its rainy. But the thing is, it is even more than paradise and the vibes with the lights is unbelievably wonderful. I was so amazed with the place and the beautiful lights and I can’t move on! ☺️ I love it! I would probably come again every season.

Beautiful Ashikaga flower park

Insta moments everywhere u can jus sit and enjoy the view and have a nice sundae cone. Smell the flowers and think about life Come here and get yourself surrounded by over 1000 varieties of flowers Pro tip: Flowers in bloom changes according to season so please do check website before you plan your trip there. #japan #flowerlover

One of Japan's famous flower viewing spots | Ashikaga Flower Park

One of Japan's famous flower viewing spots | Ashikaga Flower Park Ashikaga Flower Park is one of the famous attractions in Ashikaga City, Japan, known for its beautiful wisteria vines. Every spring, tens of thousands of tourists come here to admire the sea of flowers, especially the blooming wisteria flowers, which are intoxicating. In Ashikaga Flower Park, a wonderful purple flower sea unfolds before your eyes. Here, countless blooming wisteria flowers intertwine on the vines, forming a spectacular sight. Walking in this sea of flowers, it feels like stepping into a dreamlike world, and your mood becomes peaceful and comfortable. At this moment, people will temporarily forget all their troubles and fatigue, and immerse themselves in the ocean of flowers. This feeling is really wonderful, and every spring makes people especially look forward to it. ⏰1. Best viewing time: late April to mid-May, varies slightly each year depending on specific circumstances. Best time to play: 3-6 pm in the afternoon. 👌. Recommended playtime: 2-3 hours. Recommended items to bring: camera, comfortable shoes, sunscreen, rain gear, water, etc. 📍Address: Ashikaga Flower Park 607 Hasama-cho, Ashikaga-shi, Tochigi, 329-4216, Japan 🚄 Transportation: Take the JR Ryomo Line from Tokyo to Ashikaga Station, then transfer to a bus or taxi to Ashikaga Flower Park. The one-way travel time is about 2 hours and the cost is around 2000 yen. 💵Cost: Adult ticket price is 2200 yen, child ticket is 1200 yen. ⚠️Attention: 1. Visitors must abide by the park regulations and refrain from picking flowers, trampling on plants, littering, and other inappropriate behaviors. 2. It is recommended to check the weather in advance. If there are dark clouds and heavy rain, consider rescheduling. 3. There are multiple restaurants and convenience stores in the park, where visitors can dine and shop, but they need to pay attention to keeping the venue clean and hygienic. 4. During weekends and holidays, there are many tourists, so it is recommended to book tickets and transportation in advance.

Magical Flowers Illumination in Japan

Ashikaga Flower Park one of the stunning winter illumination event, Flower Fantasy-the Garden of Illuminated Flowers is held at the park annually during winter, It will be held during October-February every year.So relaxing in the eye and fantastic light that blow your mind. Getting There - I recommend to ride a tour bus going Ashikaga Flowers Park. Other options (3 mins walk from Ashikaga Flower Park Station (JR Ryomo Line) Attractions - Enjoy the magical collaboration of lights and flowers Hotels - many hotels Nearby Food & Restaurants - many Restaurants Nearby Shopping - souvenir shops inside#illumination #magicalflowerlights #japanwintertouristspot #ashikagaflowerpark

A hundred year old westeria tree.

One of the best places to view wisteria flowers is the Ashikaga Flower Park in Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture. Ashikaga Flower Park features lots of blue, white and pink wisteria, as well as yellow laburnum which look like yellow colored wisteria. One large wisteria tree is 100 years old and its branches are supported to create a huge umbrella of blue wisteria flowers. There is also a long tunnel of white wisteria flowers, while a tunnel of yellow kingusari needs a few more years to become an actual tunnel. #japan #japantravel #spring #springblossoms