Small, but beautiful park with seasonal flowers in Fujimi

Information for the seasonal blooms in Fujimi City’s Yamazaki Park – Kawazuzakura and plum blossoms in early spring, poppies in late spring, the Seseragi Iris garden, hydrangea and crepe myrtle in summer. As of February 24th, seen with my own two eyes, some of the kawazuzakura are at about 50% – 60%. They may well be in full bloom for the weekend of 2/28 & 3/1.

Yamazaki Park

Yamazaki Park is a small park within a residential area of Fujimi City. It also goes by the name of Seseragi Iris Garden. The park runs alongside a tributary of the Shingashi River. You can walk up onto an embankment from the west of the park. However, the narrow road that divides the park from the embankment is actually still in use as an access road. The park is basically made up of the iris garden, a small seasonal flower display area, a large wading river, and a small botanical garden. There are different flowers through the seasons, such as Kawazuzakura, Plum Blossoms, Somei Yoshino Cherry Blossoms, Poppies, Hydrangea and Red Spider Lilies.

Cherry Blossoms at Yamazaki Park, Fujimi

The cherry blossoms are perhaps the most famous. There are cherries in the park and alongside the aforementioned narrow road. On one side of the road there are Somei Yoshino Cherry Blossoms, that bloom from end of March until early April. On the other side of the road, along the embankment, there are kawazuzakura, the early blooming cherry blossom. They typically bloom from around the third or fourth week of February. However, in both 2022 and 2025 they were late and didn’t bloom until March. The first photo was taken on March 10th 2025 and the other two photos were taken on February 24th 2026. (I have removed the photos from 2022 and before, as the trees look so different now that they are maturing!)

New to the blog in 2026: another kawazuzakura spot in Fujimi City. It is completely off the beaten path. And the bloom is a few days behind here, so you still have plenty of time to see them.

>>9 other places for Kawazu cherry blossoms in Saitama Prefecture.

Poppies

Poppies bloom in the park around the second half of May annually. I have yet to time a visit to them right. So I have yet to see them in their prime. The above photo was taken on May 21st 2025. I honestly don’t know if was too late or too early! But the poppies were early to bloom in other parts of Japan this year, so I guess I was too late. I was also too late in 2021, 2022 and 2023! Because, to be honest, I don’t prioritize a visit to these poppies. There is a great range of large poppy displays in Saitama, including Japan’s largest poppy field.

Seseragi Iris Garden

The iris bloom in Yamazaki Park bloom during rainy season. Generally you can see them from early June to around mid or late June. However, since the pandemic they have been early to bloom from at least the last weekend of May. On the flip side, they’ve also being finishing up early too. In addition, you can also see hydrangea in the park too. They bloom a bit later than the iris. But in 2025 I saw hydrangea blooming in the park the last week of May!

Wading River

The wading river is a particularly good one as it is long wide and has plenty of shade. It is usually on daily from the middle of June, all of July and August, and early September from 9 am to 4 pm. As of June 3rd 2025, the 2025 dates are not yet available. In 2024 they will turn it on Saturday June 15th and it will be on daily until public holiday Monday September 16th. You will find even more places you can play with water in Saitama here.

Crepe Myrtle

There is also some crepe myrtle in the park. It typically blooms from late in July to September, with prime viewing in mid August.

Information

It is a local park not suited to a large amount of tourists. However, as it has featured in the Saitama Newspaper for its iris in 2021, I decided to add it to the blog! But do note, there is only parking for 20 cars. There are some places to sit and a sand pit plus three small spring rides. It would be a nice place for iris or Somei Yoshino cherry blossom viewing with small children. When I visited in summer 2021, there were about 100 kids from the local school who had walked down to the park with their teachers to view the iris. Although, most of the kids were actually catching crayfish or running up and down the empty wading river!

There are public toilets and a water drinking fountain in the park. There is also a drinks vending machine. The main entrance is wheelchair / stroller friendly, but the side entrance has steps.

Access

The park is located a 6 minute drive from the Fujimi Kawagoe Bypass, turn at the IMS hospital and head west. By public transport, both Tsuruse and Mizuhodai stations on the Tobu Tojo line are about a 16 to 20 minute walk from the park.

Lalaport Fujimi is relatively close to the park, by car. An 11 minute drive away there are beautiful hydrangea at Iroha Water Park in Shiki in June too. Also in June, you can see a small iris display as well as beautiful water lilies on the grounds of the old Nanbata Castle which is about a seven minute drive away . That park also has some Kawazuzakura and plum blossoms in February.