One of the routes to Tokigawa town brings you through the low hills of the Hatoyama countryside, where there is currently sunflowers in bloom. I found myself there serendipitously today, just as the sunflowers are starting to bloom. About a quarter of the sunflowers are already photogenic. Sunflowers Hatoyama TheRead More →
Information for the agritourism Genki farm in Konosu City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Genki Farm Genki farm is a renowned agritourism fruit picking farm – with Gyoza – in Konosu! It is best known for its strawberries in winter and spring, but you can also pick blueberries and dig for sweetRead More →
Approximately 24,000 sunflowers grow at Ushijima Furukawa Park, specifically the area of the park called “phase II” close to the children’s center “Angel Dome”. Update August 10th: they are now allowing people to pick the sunflowers, earlier than planned, so the viewing season is now over. Moreover, according to KasukabeRead More →
Information for the New branch of Glin Coffee near Kawagoe’s famous sunflowers and with secret sunflowers of their own! At the newly reopened Kawagoe Agriculture Interaction Center promoting “Green Tourism”. This post also contains event information. Last update November 2023. In November 2022 the Kawagoe City Agriculture Interaction Center wasRead More →
Looking for sunflowers in Sayama City? We’ve got you covered! In the Horikane area of Sayama city there is a sunflower field along the side of a busy road. It is not the largest and certainly not the prettiest, but it is a free sunflower field popular with locals. Moreover,Read More →
Information for the Tokorozawa Sunflowers / Sunflower Field and Festival also known as the Mikajima Sunflower fields or Himawari Batake 三ケ島ひまわり畑 in Japanese. Tokorozawa Sunflower Field and Festival There are approximately 20,000 sunflowers at the Tokorozawa Sunflower fields (Himawari Hatake). They are a hybrid variety. The Tokorozawa sunflowers generally bloomRead More →
Beautiful sunflowers in Hasuda City. Hasuda Sunflowers in 2023 Each year, “Himawari Ojiisan” (uncle sunflower) plants approximately 150,000 sunflowers at Lotus Farm in Hasuda City. They normally grow from around late July until early (possibly mid) August. In addition, they have a sunflower maze each year. You can check theRead More →
Tokigawa Town in the Hiki District of Saitama Prefecture is just over an hour from Tokyo. The town is famed for a rarer type of Iris; Iris Japonica or Butterfly flowers in English. However, there is also a small Iris garden in the town with the “hanashobu” variety of IrisRead More →
The Fukuda area of Kawagoe is the main home of the Kawagoe Satoyama Initiative. As part of the initiative they have several seasonal events in the area. Most of which are free. I wrote about the Strawberry Candle and Lotus grass before, but I didn’t get around to writing (inRead More →
Marigolds, night illumination, Moss phlox, sunflowers and other seasonal blooms at the scenic Marigold Hill in Honjo City, Northern Saitama. Marigold Hill (no Oka) Marigold no Oka, aka Marigold Hill, is a small park in Honjo City. Like really small. You can walk around the circumference of the park inRead More →