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They have held it every August for more than 30 years in Otsu, Shiga Pref. Skyrockets is of course powerful, and the directions that makes the most of its location above the lake is worth seeing.
Name
Lake Biwa Firework Festival
Address
1-1 Chagasaki, Otsu-shi, ShigaGoogle Map
How to get there
On foot, 15 min from JR Ōtsu Station, 10 min from JR Ōtsukyo Station, or 5 min from JR Hamaōtsu Station.
Parking
Nearby toll parking area is available
Shouju-in Temple is famous for heart-shaped Inome Window. What's more, Wind Bell Festival (Furin Matsuri) in only summer is lovely wherever you take pictures. The wind bells ring all at once with the winds blow, and they make us forget the summer heat. ◎Reservation is required since 2018. Except for cars, it's difficult to access here, so you need to prepare well beforehand.
Name
Shoju-in Temple
Address
149 Kawakami Okuyamada Ujitawara-cho, Tsuzuki-gun, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
0774-88-3601
Hours
8:30-16:30
How to get there
By bus, 30 min from JR Uji Station or Kintetsu Shintanabe Station to Ichumae, and change bus to Okuyamada for 15 min, then walk 10 min. By car, 60 min from Kyoto city. Free parking area is available.
Parking
Parking area is available
Sunflowers, and more sunflowers as fa as I can see. Various kinds of sunflowers will make us cheerful. And they prepare some places to eat food, so we can enjoy the site leisurely. No admission fees, the best season is from the late July to the early August.
Name
Hokuryu Himawari-no Sato (Sunflower Field)
Address
143-2 Itaya Hokuryu-cho, Uryu-gun, HokkaidoGoogle Map
Fee
Adult 0 yen、Child 0 yen
How to get there
By bus, 30 min from JR Takigawa Station, or 180 min from Sapporo Terminal, to 'Hokuryu School'. By car, 120 min from Shin-Chitose Airport.
Parking
Free parking area is available
Water hyacinth becomes its best to see from the late August to September. It's not a popular flower, but has an attraction makes people want to see again next year! It's nice to see with the setting sun, too! ◎Walk 500 meters to the east from Kintetsu Unebigoryomae Station. For cars, the free parking area is available, but it's possible to be full.
Name
Motoyakushi-ji Temple Site
Address
Kidono-cho, Kashihara-shi, NaraGoogle Map
How to get there
9 min walk from Unebigoryo-mae Station. By car, 40 min from Nara city.
Parking
Parking area is available
Kitano Tenman-gu Shrine 'Momiji Garden' is well known as a beautiful place of scarlet maple leaves. There're about 350 trees of around 400 years old and the new green sceneries make people feel quiet and refreshed in May.
Name
Kitano Tenman-gu Shrine
Address
931 Bakuro-cho Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
075-461-0005
Hours
5:00-18:00
How to get there
30 min by bus from Kyoto Station. 5 min walk from Hakubai-cho Station. 25 min by car or taxi from Kyoto Station. Free parking area is available.
Parking
Free parking area is available
Name
Farm Tomita
Address
Kisen Kita 15 Nakafurano-cho, Sorachi-gun, HokkaidoGoogle Map
Tel
0167-39-3939
Hours
8:30-18:00
Fee
Adult 0 yen、Child 0 yen
How to get there
By car, 150 min from Sapporo city, 45 min from Asahikawa Airport. 7 min walk from Lavender Batake Station, or 25 min walk from Nakafurano Station.
Parking
Free parking area is available
Kamakura is renown for hydrangea in this season, and Meigetsuin Temple is one of the most popular places. There're 2500 trees of hydrangea in beautiful colors admired as 'Meigetsuin Blue'. You can meet the beautiful scenery of rainy season, together with the bamboo grove.◎To enjoy seeing and taking pictures of hydrangeas enough, it'll be better for you to visit as soon as Meigetsuin Temple opens, or about one hour before it closes.
Name
Meigetsuin Temple
Address
189 Yamanouchi, Kamakura-shi, KanagawaGoogle Map
Tel
0467-24-3437
Hours
9:00-16:00
How to get there
10 min walk from Kitakamakura Station. 7 min by bus from Kamakura Station to Meigetsuin Temple. No parking area.
Parking
No parking area
The Illuminated Fluffy Kokias (a Plant), It is One of Summer Features in IbarakiHITACHI SEASIDE PARK
The illuminated Kokias in Summer are wonderful as well as the red colored ones in Autumn. They seem to dance with lights and music. Why don't you spend a good night in the sea breeze? (the park is near a sea)
Name
HITACHI SEASIDE PARK
Address
605−4 Onuma-aza Mawatari, Hitachinaka-shi, IbarakiGoogle Map
Tel
029-265-9001
Hours
9:30-17:00
Fee
Adult 450 yen、Child 0 yen
How to get there
Bus: 29min from JR Katsuta Station, or 10min from Ajigaura Station. Get off at 'Kaihin Koen Nishiguchi'. Car: get off the speedway at Hitachi Kaihin Koen IC.
Parking
Parking area is available
Jizo-in at Matsuo in Kyoto is called 'bamboo temple' and the precinct is tinged with green from now till summer. And a Japanese style Karesansui flat garden is worth seeing, which is a registered scenic spot in Kyoto.
Name
Jizoin Temple
Address
23 Yamadakitano-cho Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
075-381-3417
Hours
9:00-16:30
How to get there
By bus, 55 min from Kyoto Station (C6 Bus Stop) to Kokedera, then 3 min walk. 12 min walk from Hankyu Kamikatsura Station. 25 min by car from Kyoto Station. Free parking area is available.
Parking
Free parking area is available
Yonaha Maehama Beach is admired as the best one in the Orient for the impressively beautiful sea and white sands. You can stay leisurely under the beach parasol, swimming in the sea, and also personal water craft! What's more, driving on Kurima Ohashi Bridge with the ocean view!◎Car rental is better. Or, take bus from Hirara to Uechiminami bus stop, then 15 min walk.
Name
Yonaha Maehama Beach
Address
Yonaha Shimoji, Miyakojima-shi, OkinawaGoogle Map
How to get there
15 min by car or taxi from Miyako Airport.
Parking
Free parking area is available
Famed as a hydrangea temple in Nara, Yata-dera has as many as 10 thousand trees and 60 kinds of hydrangeas including rare ones. We never get tired of watching the differences between the kind at a sample garden.◎Season: from June to the beginning of July every year, they open a hydrangea garden. Hydrangeas spreading toward the mountain are worth seeing. Many visitors come from other prefectures since Yata-dera has various kinds.
Name
Yata-dera Temple
Address
3549 Yata-cho, Yamatokoriyama-shi, NaraGoogle Map
Tel
0743-53-1445
How to get there
20 min by bus from Kintetsu Koriyama Station to Yatadera. 25 min by car from Nara city. Parking area is available.
Parking
Parking area is available
You can see the best night view of Kagawa Prefecture and the fireworks above the Seto Inland Sea at the same time from Shishi-no Reigan Observatory. It can command the evening glow before the fireworks, and after that, the great night view of Takamatsu. It's gorgeous spot, isn't it?◎5 min walk from Yashima Mountain Top Parking Area. The parking area requires 300 yen. The Yashima Dive Way was toll road but now it's free. You should except for the traffic jam after the firework.
Name
Takamatsu Summer Festival
Address
4 Sunport, Takamatsu-shi, KagawaGoogle Map
How to get there
You can see Fireworks around Takamatsu Station, ferry terminal, Yashima Mountain Observatory, and so on.
Parking
Toll parking area is available
Keage Incline has beautiful lush greens in summer. Also, you can see the wonderful scenery every season such as autumn colored leaves and cherry blossoms in spring. For the retro atmosphere, Japanese traditional outfits Kimono and Yukata are excellent with the scenery.
Name
Keage Incline
Address
Nanzenji Fukuchi-cho Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
How to get there
3 min walk from Keage Station. By car or taxi, 20 min from Kyoto Station.
Parking
Nearby toll parking area is available
Kifune Shrine changes its appearance in each season. From spring to summer, you can see the lively scenery of fresh green.
Name
Kifune Shrine
Address
180 Kibune-cho Kurama Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Fee
Adult 0 yen、Child 0 yen
How to get there
5 min from Kifune-guchi Station of Eizan Train to 'Kifune', then walk 5 min.
Parking
Toll parking area is available
When I walked into a forest, I could find the hydrangeas spreading to the whole valley! For the forest is humid and you'll sweat, don't forget towel and something to drink.
Name
Hinuma Nature Park
Address
2263 Kanaishizaki Ibaraki-machi, Higashiibaraki-gun, IbarakiGoogle Map
How to get there
20 min by car from Mito city. Free parking area is available.
Nagaoka Firework Festival is one of the three biggest firework festivals in Japan. The evening glow and the fireworks lighted the town of Nagaoka. You never get tired of the festival because they prepare the really amazing programs.
Name
Nagaoka Firework Festival
Address
Okamura-machi, Nagaoka-shi, NiigataGoogle Map
How to get there
30 min walk from JR Nagaoka Station. 60 min by car from Niigata city. Take bus from the extra parking area.
At the evening, the supporters lighted the candles one by one, and created this fantastic scenery we rarely seen. The candles are lighted all over Nara Park.
Name
Nara Tōkae Festival
Address
Noboriōji-cho, Nara-shi, NaraGoogle Map
Fee
Adult 0 yen、Child 0 yen
How to get there
On foot: 5 min from Kintetsu Nara Station, 20 min from JR Nara Station. By bus: 2 min from Kintetsu Nara Station, or 9 min from JR Nara Station to Nara Park. By car: 45 min from Osaka, 60 min from Kyoto.
Parking
Nearby toll parking area is available
It cleared for days together, we can see the beautiful sunflowers looking up everyday. The Sunflower Festival in 2018 will be held on Sunday, August 25th.
Name
Naka Sunflower Field
Address
428-2 Tozaki, Naka-shi, IbarakiGoogle Map
How to get there
By car or taxi, 8 min from Hitachi Kōnosu Station, 20 min from Mito Station, or 40 min from Ibaraki Airport.
Parking
Parking area is available
Kihoku Tōrō Matsuri is a summer festival in Kihoku town. The biggest highlights of firework are Saiun Kujaku and Saishoku Senrin, which you can see only here. In 2018, it was postponed for the typhoon, and held on September 8th.
Name
Kihoku Tōrō Festival
Address
Nagashima Kihoku-cho, Kitamuro-gun, MieGoogle Map
How to get there
15 min walk from JR Kii Nagashima Starion. By car or taxi, 60 min from Tsu Station.
Parking
Free parking area is available
Kondoi Beach is located at Taketomi Island, and nice place for sea bathing. Walking sallow beach to the offing, a little sandy beach appeared and I could take this photo. I felt relaxed in the sea all around me.
Name
Kondoi Beach
Address
Taketomi Taketomi-cho, Yaeyama-gun, OkinawaGoogle Map
How to get there
From Taketomi Port, 6 min by bus or 25 min on foot.
Iris Garden located at North Garden Of Ritsurin Koen. There're more than 3000 roots of iris, and you can see the special scene only in June. A little earlier, in late May, you can find the heart-shaped azalea tree with red flowers, too.◎Iris festival and iris root-division lesson are took place. To get more details, please check out the HP of Ritsurin Garden.
Name
Ritsurin Garden
Address
1-20-16 Risturin-cho, Takamatsu-shi, Kagawa, Takamatsu-shi, KagawaGoogle Map
Tel
087-833-7411
Hours
7:00-17:00,5:30-19:00
Fee
Adult 410 yen、Child 170 yen
How to get there
3min walk from JR Ritsurin Koen North Station, 10min walk from Kotoden Ritsurin Koen Station. 3min walk from JR Ritsurin Koen Kitaguchi Station. The nearest bus stop is Ritsurin Koen Mae. By car, 30min from Takamatsu Airport, 15min from Takamatsu Chu'ou IC.
Parking
Toll parking area is available
Takachiho Gorge is a popular tourist destination in Miyazaki. Manai waterfall flow down into the gorge is illuminated in only summer. Though it's enough beautiful without lights, you can enjoy more dignified allure of the fall at night.
Name
Takachiho Gorge
Address
Oshioi Mitai Takachiho-cho, Nishiusuki-gun, MiyazakiGoogle Map
How to get there
90 min by bus from Nobeoka Station. By car, 120 min from Miyazaki Airport or Miyazaki Station.
Parking
Parking area is available
Miyajima of Hiroshima Prefecture, has large fireworks display every summer. The scene of fireworks behind the torii gives us goose bumps. I really want you all to see it actually ones in your lives.
Name
Itsukushima Shrine
Address
1-1 Miyajima-cho, Hatsukaichi-shi, HiroshimaGoogle Map
Tel
0829-44-2020
Hours
6:30-18:00
How to get there
Go to Miyajima-guchi Station of JR or Hiroden (streetcar), then walk to ferry terminal. There're two ferry terminals of Matsudai Kisen or JR, both of them go to Miyajima for 10 or 15 min. To Itsukushima Shrine, 10 min walk from Miyajima Port.
1500 flower sweet flags. Please walk deep into the park. There was crowded by families and people taking pictures.
Name
Kagawa Prefectural Kikaku Park
Address
Nagaomyo, Sanuki-shi, KagawaGoogle Map
How to get there
By car, 15min from Shido IC, 10min from Zoda Station, 40min from Takamatsu Station and 30min from Takamatsu Airport.
Name
Zerubu no Oka・Atom no Oka
Address
Daisan Biei-cho, Kamikawa-gun, HokkaidoGoogle Map
Tel
0166-92-3160
How to get there
