Best Summer Destinations In Kanto
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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
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.
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
Shiba Koen is famous as a park commanding a view of Tokyo Tower. At the walking path beside The Prince Park Tower Tokyo in the site of Shiba Park, there're about 200 trees of hydrangea in full-bloom. Few people know this secret hydrangea road!◎Just beside the main entrance gate of The Prince Park Tower Tokyo
Name
Shiba Park
Address
4-10-17 Shibakoen, Minato-ku, TokyoGoogle Map
How to get there
Just near Shibakoen Station or Onarimon Station. 2 min walk from Akabanebashi Station. 10 min walk from Hamamatsucho Station. No parking area.
Satomi farm is one of the best star viweing spots in Kanto area. If it's a fine night, you can experience the wonderful skyful of stars.
Name
Satomi Pasture
Address
863-35 Satogawa-cho, Hitachiota-shi, IbarakiGoogle Map
Tel
0294-82-4221
Hours
8:30-
Closed
Thu
I've found a beautiful sky scenery also in Ibaraki! Ryujin Suspension Bridge floating on the sea of clouds. Early morning after humid and very cold night will be a good chance to see them. It's like a dragon, Ryujin, gong to come out!
Name
Ryujin Suspension Bridge
Address
2133-6 Kegano-cho, Hitachiota-shi, IbarakiGoogle Map
Tel
0294-87-0375
Hours
8:30-17:00
How to get there
Bus: 40min from JR Hitachiota Station, get off at 'Ryujin Oh Tsuribashi'. Car: 50min from Naka IC.
The rainy season lends charm to purple sweet flags. You can enjoy seeing the colorful sweet flags in lots of kinds. A water wheel going around calmly and an appearance of a hana-tsumi musume (a girl gathering withered flowers) make us feel the landscape of old times somehow.
Name
Yokosuka Irises Park
Address
18-1 Abekura, Yokosuka-shi, KanagawaGoogle Map
Tel
046-853-3688
Hours
9:00-19:00 9:00-17:00
Closed
Mon
Though it may be smaller than the sunflower fields in Hokkaido, it's one of those you can see in Kanto Reasion. It has the height to overlook the sunflowers, which is one of the attractions of Narita Yume Farm.
Name
Narita Yume Farm
Address
730 Nagi, Narita-shi, ChibaGoogle Map
Tel
0476-96-1001
Hours
9:00-17:00
Fee
Adult 1400 yen、Child 700 yen
How to get there
Free shuttle bus is available from JR Namegawa Station. 45 min by car from Chiba city.
Parking
Toll parking area is available
I introduce this summer's most moving fireworks display in Koga! It's finale was emblazoned by 'Saishoku Senrin' a kind of Japanese skyrocket. It was shot off in the sky far above the Koga town, and the thousands of small flowers blooming in the night sky are awesome! Please come to see them on this spot next year!
Name
Koga Fireworks Festival
Address
10-1 Nishi-machi, Koga-shi, IbarakiGoogle Map
How to get there
Walk: 20min from JR Koga Station, or 5min from Shin-koga Station of Tobu Railway. Car: 20min from Tatebayashi IC of Tohoku Speedway.
Parking
Parking area is available
The summer art event in Nihombashi is 'Art Aquarium' of goldfish. In 2017, the concept is 'The Sea God's Palace' and you can enjoy the gorgeous arts of goldfish. I was totally surprised at the coolness of Edo Tokyo in present-day.◎2017/7/7-9/24 Art Aquarium 11:00-19:00 Night Aquarium 19:00-23:30 Entrance fee: 1000yen
Name
Art Aquarium
Address
15th Floor, COREDO Muromachi, 2-2-1 Nihombashi Muromachi, Chuo-ku, TokyoGoogle Map
How to get there
Just near the A6 Gate of subway station ’Mitsukoshi-mae'
Myogetsuin Temple is the most famous as a hydrangea temple in Kamakura, but Hase-dera is also a great spot of many hydrangeas. You can enjoy beautiful hydrangeas, and let's try to find smiling Ryoen Jizo images and a big Nagomi Jizo.
Name
Hase-dera Temple
Address
3-11-2 Hase, Kamakura-shi, KanagawaGoogle Map
Tel
0467-22-6300
Hours
8:00-17:00
How to get there
5 min walk from Hase Station of Enoden. 5 min walk from JR Hasekan'non Station. By car, 50 min from Yokohama city. Toll parking area is available.
Parking
Toll parking area is available
Near the Lake Nyu'u, there's a flower field of over 110 thousand sunflowers. The best season is the end of July to the beginning of August! You can also see the great view of Lake Nyu'u over the sunflowers.◎No Entrance fee
Name
Lake Nyu'u
Address
459-2 Nyu'u, Tomioka-shi, GunmaGoogle Map
Used desks, chairs, paintings and calligraphies are left as they are in the old times. You can enjoy like time travel to the age of elementary school.◎Access: 60 min from Naka Interchange of Joban Expressway. Open: Saturdays, Sundays & Holidays 9:00-16:00
Name
Former Uwaoka Elementary School
Address
957-3 Uwaoka Daigo-machi, Kuji-gun, IbarakiGoogle Map
Hours
[Sat・Sun・Holidays]9:00-16:00
Roses of all over the world, 800 kinds and 30000 trees are planted here. Other than rose, seasonal flowers like hydrangea and dahlia you can enjoy seeing throughout a year.◎Regular holiday: Mondays (but opens on national holidays and closes the next day). The admission fee changes by season.
Name
Flower Park Ibaraki
Address
200 Shimoaoyagi, Ishioka-shi, IbarakiGoogle Map
Tel
0299-42-4111
Hours
9:00-17:00 9:00-16:00
Closed
Mon
An aquarium located in Shonan Beach. Fishes swimming freely in a large aquarium and dolphins playing spiritedly in a show! When you want to swim, go to the shore just behind you! You can enjoy the sea atmosphere all day. It has an open location that commands even Mt.Fuji.◎Entrance fee: adult 2100yen, high school student 1500yen, elementally & junior high school student 1000yen, more than 3years 600yen. Access: 3min walk from 'Katase Enoshima' Station of Odakyu Line. Toll parking lot around here.
Name
ENOSHIMA AQUARIUM
Address
2-19-1 Katase Kaigan Fujisawa-shi, Fujisawa-shi, KanagawaGoogle Map
Tel
0466-29-9960
Hours
10:00-17:00,10:00-19:00,10:00-20:00,9：00-17:00,9:00-19:00,9:00-20:00,8:00-20:00
Itako City was flourished as a waterside village. There're as many as one million irises, and you can look down them from a bridge and also the same leveled ground. It's near the station and no admission fee is required, so you can enjoy the garden without hesitation. What's more, the illumination event is took place at night.◎It's located at just near JR Itako Station. For cars, extra parking area is available. If you come by your car, Suigo Sawara Ayame Park in Chiba Prefecture is also close, you can make the rounds of the famous tourist spots of iris.
Name
Suigo Ayame Itako Garden
Address
1-5 Ayame, Itako-shi, IbarakiGoogle Map
How to get there
3 min walk from JR Itako Station. 80 min by car from Mito city. Parking area is available.
You can enjoy seeing irises in Sawara from a boat going in the park. 'Marriage Boat' is, in other words, Japanese June bride. I really long for a couple in a boat surrounded with many irises! ◎Parking area is available. During the Iris Festival, a shuttle bus from Sawara Station (please check the latest information). If you come by your car, Suigo Ayame Itako Garden is close from here, it'll be nice to make the rounds. Though you need to pay the admission fees and take bus from the nearest station, you can enjoy flowers enough, such as seeing from boats and walking in the large park, at Suigo Sawara Iris Garden.
Name
Suigo Sawara Ayame Park
Address
1837-2 Ougishima, Katori-shi, ChibaGoogle Map
How to get there
20 min by bus from JR Sawara Station to Waterside Plants Botanical Garden, then 5 min walk. 70 min by car from Chiba city. Free parking area is available.
Hakusan Shrine is well-known as a hydrangea shrine in Tokyo downtown. In July, about 3000 trees of hydrangea color the precinct beautifully. You must see the hydrangea-surrounding Komainu (a stone guardian dog)!
Name
Hakusan Shrine
Address
5-31-26 Hakusan, Bunkyo-ku, TokyoGoogle Map
How to get there
2 min walk from Hakusan Shrine of Mita Subway Line. 7 min walk from Komagome Station of Namboku Subway Line. 3 min walk from Hakusan Bus Stop.
Many beautiful hydrangeas become in full-bloom all around the mountain from June. Although Hattori Farm is a little far from the city central, it's worth visiting.
Name
Hattori Farm Hydrangea Estate
Address
719 Sangaya, Mobara-shi, ChibaGoogle Map
How to get there
10 min by taxi from JR Mobara Station. By car, 50 min from Chiba city, 120 min from Kashiwa-city, and 90 min from Tokyo. Free parking area is available.
