1. Cosmos Flower Festival
- Address: 3173 Midoricho, Tachikawa, Tokyo
Located in the beautiful grounds of Showa Kinen Park, the Cosmos Flower Festival is held every autumn. Starting in mid-October and lasting until mid-November, the Cosmos Flower Festival takes visitors to a real fairyland with vast flower fields. In addition to the beautiful flowers, the park also has forests, cycling trails, a bird sanctuary, fountains and many other animals.
2. Fuji Shibazakura Festival
- Address: No. 401-0337 Yamanashi Prefecture, Minamitsuru District, Fujikawaguchiko, Motosu
This unique Japanese flower festival takes place during the cherry blossom season in April and May. This is the time when the land of the rising sun is immersed in the pink color of cherry blossoms everywhere. Although there are many places to see cherry blossoms, Fuji Shibazakura Festival is definitely the place you should visit.
With about 800,000 cherry blossom trees blooming along with the towering Mount Fuji, the Fuji Shibazakura flower festival will surely overwhelm anyone with its vast space filled with fragrant flowers.
3. Hokuryu Sunflower Festival
- Address: 078-2511 143-2, Itaya, Hokuryu-cho, Uryu-gun, Hokkaido
Hokkaido is famous for its dairy products and sweets. Not only that, this place is also known as the sunflower capital of Japan. The bright yellow flowers blooming in the summer will captivate visitors when they come here.
Held from mid-July to mid-August, the Hokuryu Sunflower Festival features around 1.5 million sunflowers each year. The ideal time to visit this festival is in August when the flowers begin to bloom.
4. Spider Lily Festival
- Address: No. 350-1251 Saitama District, Hidaka, Komahongo
Spider lilies are known as the flower of death in Japan and China because they grow mainly in cemeteries. The Spider Lily Festival is held at Kinchakuda Park, in Hidaka, Saitama, not too far from Tokyo. This festival also features lilies, which decorate the colorful flower fields, making everyone fascinated. You can admire the unique Spider Lily Festival when you come to Japan at the end of September.
5. Wisteria Festival at Kawachi Fuji Garden
- Address: 2 Chome-2-48 Kawachi, Yahatahigashi Ward, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture
Kawachi Fuji Garden is the best place to see wisteria flowers in Japan. Located in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, this park attracts millions of tourists from April to May every year. The heavy branches of wisteria flowers hang down to the ground in a variety of colors such as red, white, purple, blue and pink.
To enter this park, you need to buy a ticket and surely everyone will be overwhelmed when entering here.
6. Farm Tomita Lavender Festival
- Address: 071-0704 Hokkaido Prefecture, Nakafurano Kisen Kita
Besides the brilliant sunflowers, Hokkaido is also home to the most beautiful lavender fields in the land of the rising sun. Located at Farm Tomita, in the modest Nakafurano area, the Farm Tomita Lavender Festival is a summer event that attracts many tourists and locals to admire.
The best time to visit Farm Tomita Lavender Festival is in July. Besides, you can also visit Irodori field with all kinds of colorful flowers that are very attractive.
7. Hitachi Seaside Park
- Address: 312-0012 Ibaraki Prefecture, Hitachinaka, Mawatari
If you want to enjoy the beauty of Japanese flower festivals but do not want to miss the cherry blossom season, you can go to Hitachi Seaside Park. With many types of flowers blooming all year round, you can freely enjoy the fragrant flowers and beautiful scenery when you step here.
Located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Hitachi Seaside Park has over 4.5 million blue nemophila flowers that bloom in spring, transforming the park into a stunning sea of flowers. In October, the park grounds are covered in bright yellow and red flowers.
