Special feature on famous flower spots in Yokohama

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Special feature on famous flower spots in Yokohama

Published Mar.18.2022

Most people may have the image of Yokohama city as what it looks like around Yokohama Station and Minato Mirai 21, a futuristic city full of skyscrapers. However, Yamashita Park, a place of relaxation for Yokohama citizens, and Harbor View Park, where you can see the city harbor, are full of flowers and greenery. Yokohama is a city where you can enjoy beautiful flowers each season, and as a city it promotes the nurturing of natural environment under the name of “Garden City Yokohama”.

When thinking of spring flowers, your first thought might be the "sakura", but in spring you can enjoy a wide variety of flowers other than cherry blossoms. Take your camera with you when going out and take pictures of the different flowers blooming in each area of Yokohama city, such as hydrangeas and lotus in summer, autumn roses and cosmos in autumn and winter.

Spring

Roses

Roses
Yokohama English Garden

Yokohama English Garden
Yokohama English Garden
Yokohama English Garden

In this garden that won the Excellent Garden Award at the 18th World Federation of Rose Societies, more than 2,000 roses of 1,800 different varieties bloom. The large rose tunnel at the garden entrance is particularly a sight to see.

<Viewing season>From mid-April to mid-August

Yokohama English Garden
Address Inside tvk ecom park, 6-1 Nishihiranuma-cho, Nishi-ku, Yokohama
Access 10-minute walk from “Hiranumabashi Station” on the Sotetsu Line *Free shuttle bus available from Yokohama Station West Exit, in front of Resona Bank

Roses
Yamashita Park

Yamashita Park
Yamashita Park
Yamashita Park

The Rose Garden in Yamashita Park, called “Future Rose Garden,” is a symbolic one in Yokohama, as it passes on the history of roses from the past to the future. Here, you can enjoy the three-dimensional and diverse exhibition of 1,900 roses of about 160 different varieties shown as trailing roses and standard rose trees.

<Viewing season>From mid-April to late May

Yamashita Park
Address 279 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama
Access 20-minute walk from “Kannai Station” on JR Keihin Tohoku Negishi Line or Municipal Subway Blue Line
3-minute walk from “Motomachi-Chukagai Station” on the Minato-Mirai Line

Roses
Harbor View Park (Minato-no-mieru Oka koen)

Harbor View Park (Minato-no-mieru Oka koen)

Under the theme of English roses, it shows a mixed garden with annuals and perennial grasses, and different roses that bloom each season competing in beauty. In addition, you can enjoy the scent and color of roses throughout the four seasons at the sunk garden called "Scented Garden" and the "Rose and Cascade Garden" that connects the Yokohama British House to the backyard of Yamate 111 Ban-Kan.

<Viewing season>From mid-May to mid-June

Harbor View Park (Minato-no-mieru Oka koen)
Address 114 Yamate-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama
Access 20-minute walk from “Ishikawacho Station” on the JR Keihin Tohoku Negishi Line
5-minute walk from “Motomachi-Chukagai Station” on the Minato-Mirai Line

Roses
Yamate Italian Garden

Yamate Italian Garden

The Yamate Italian Garden, where the Home of a Diplomat stands, renewed its rose garden in the spring of 2018. Home to 250 rose strains of about 40 varieties, including Yokohama local varieties such as "Hama Mirai" and "Saint of Yokohama", which were created to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Yokohama Port opening. Here you’ll enjoy the western-style residencies and the roses in an unhurried way.

<Viewing season>From late April to June

Yamate Italian Garden
Address 16 Yamate-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama
Access 5-minute walk from the Motomachi exit of JR “Ishikawacho Station”
1-minute walk from bus stop "Italiayama-teien-mae" on the Kanagawa Chuo Kotsu Bus Route 11, riding from JR “Sakuragicho Station”

Roses
Nagahama Park

Nagahama Park

A few years ago, the new "Nagahama Rose Garden" was created nearby the administration building of Nagahama Park. Here, you can enjoy many rose varieties such as Princess Alexandra of Kent and Iceberg.

<Viewing season>From May to June

Nagahama Park
Address 106-6 Nagahama, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama
Access 14-minute walk from “Keikyu Tomioka Station” on the Keikyu Line or “Namiki Chuo Station” on the Seaside Line
5-minute walk from bus stop "Kanazawa Sports Center-mae" on Municipal Bus route 294, riding from JR “Shinsugita Station”

Roses
Yokohama City Children's Botanical Garden

Yokohama City Children's Botanical Garden

After a large-scale renovation work, this park was reestablished as "Classic Rose Garden" in April 2020. The new rose garden was designed in four sections where different varieties of roses, from wild and old varieties to modern ones, are placed according to eras, so visitors can easily understand the transition of the distinctive rose variety of each era, while looking at them.

<Viewing season>From late May to mid-June

Yokohama City Children's Botanical Garden
Address 3-122 Mutsukawa, Minami-ku, Yokohama
Access In front of the bus stop "Jido-yuenchi-mae" on Municipal Bus route 79, riding from “Kannai Station” on the JR Keihin Tohoku Negishi Line or from “Idogaya Station” on the Keikyu Line

Tulips

Tulips
Yokohama Park

Yokohama Park
Yokohama Park
Yokohama Park

Yokohama Park is Yokohama’s second-oldest park after Yamate Park. 160,000 colorful flowers decorate the park, where a wide variety of flowers can be seen, attracting a large crowd during blooming season.

<Viewing season>From late April to mid-May

Yokohama Park
Address Yokohama Park, Naka-ku, Yokohama
Access 3-minute walk from “Kannai Station” on the JR Keihin Tohoku Negishi Line or Municipal Subway Blue Line
3-minute walk from “Nihon-odori Station” on the Minato-Mirai Line

Tulips
Egawa Seseragi Boardwalk

Egawa Seseragi Boardwalk

A river boardwalk that flows right next to the IKEA Kohoku store only known by few, where you can enjoy both cherry blossoms and tulips. Its stream is water that flows down to the Tsutsumi River after been highly treated at the Tsuzuki Water Reclamation Center. In spring, about 200 cherry blossom trees and red, white and yellow tulips fully bloom over about the 1km-long boardwalk, providing visitors with a healing atmosphere.

<Viewing season>From end of March to early April

Egawa Seseragi Boardwalk
Address Around 261 Higashigata-cho, Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama
Access 5-minute walk from bus stop “Shinkaibashi” on the Municipal Bus route 300, riding from the Municipal Subway “Nakamachidai Station”
3-minute walk from any of the bus stops "Orimotocho" "Maekochi" "Higashikatacho" on the Municipal Bus route 41, riding from "LaLaport Yokohama" on the same bus route or “Nippa Station” on Municipal Subway, “Nakayama Station” or “Shin-Yokohama Station” on JR Yokohama Line

Azaleas

Azaleas
Sankeien Garden

Sankeien Garden
Sankeien Garden

A garden with 17 historic buildings collected from Kyoto and Kamakura on a vast land equivalent to the size of four Tokyo Domes. It is also known as a famous spot for flower viewing, getting tinted in pink when azaleas are in full bloom.

<Viewing season>From late April to mid-May

Sankeien Garden
Address 58-1 Honmoku Sannotani, Naka-ku, Yokohama
Access 10-minute walk from bus stop "Honmoku" on the municipal bus routes 58, 99 or 101, riding from "Negishi Station” on the JR Keihin Tohoku Negishi Line
5-minute walk from bus stop "Sankeien-iriguchi" on the Municipal Bus routes 8 or 148, or "Sankeien" on the Burari Sankeien Bus (only operating on weekends and public holidays) riding from JR “Yokohama Station” east exit or "Sakuragicho Station” on Keihin Tohoku Negishi Line

Azaleas
Nagahama Park

Nagahama Park

Approximately 1,000 azalea strains such as Omurasaki, Oshima, Hirado, Kirishima, Mitsuba, and Ryukyu full bloom in Nagahama Park to coincide with the large-scale event "Azalea Festival" that takes place every April.

<Viewing season>From April to mid-May

Nagahama Park
Address 106-6 Nagahama, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama
Access 14-minute walk from “Keikyu Tomioka Station” on the Keikyu Line or “Namiki Chuo Station” on the Seaside Line
5-minute walk from bus stop "Kanazawa Sports Center-mae" on Municipal Bus route 294, riding from JR “Shinsugita Station”

Azaleas
Tomioka Park

Tomioka Park

Omurasaki azaleas bloom on the outside edges and by the garden walks of Kitadai Square, Keyaki Square, Azalea Slope, Kusachi Square, Cycle Road and Festival Square.

<Viewing season>From March to June

Tomioka Park
Address 2-9 Tomioka Higashi, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama
Access 5-minute walk from “Nambushijo Station” on the Seaside Line
In front of the bus stop "Torimizuka" on Keikyu bus route 4 (for Isogo station) riding from "Tomioka", next to "Keikyu Tomioka Station” on the Keikyu Line

Field mustards

Field mustards
Kanazawa Park / Kanazawa Zoo

Kanazawa Park / Kanazawa Zoo

On the way from the Children's Square in Kanazawa Park, where there is a roller slide popular to children, towards the zoo, you can view field mustards on a large slope during spring. Different to the cosmos in autumn, the field mustards that dye the slope yellow are a sight to see.

<Viewing season>From early February to early March

Kanazawa Park / Kanazawa Zoo
Address 5-15-1 Kamariya Higashi, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama
Access 6-minute walk from bus stop "Natsuyama Sakaue" on Keikyu bus route 文1 or 文2, riding from "Kanazawa Bunko Station" on the Keikyu Line
In front of bus stop "Kanazawa Zoo" on Keikyu Bus route 文21 (express) *only weekends and holidays

Field mustards
Shimizugaoka Park

Shimizugaoka Park

An athletic park constructed on the former site of the Yokohama National University as part of the health parks commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Emperor Showa’s reign. In the rugged and lush green garden, there are various sports facilities, the mortar-shaped Jiyu Square that takes advantage of its height difference, and a children's play area with playground equipment.

<Viewing season>From end of March to early April

Shimizugaoka Park
Address 87-2 Shimizugaoka, Minami-ku, Yokohama
Access 15-minute walk from "Minami-Ota Station” or "Idogaya Station” on the Keikyu Line
20-minute walk from JR "Hodogaya Station” or "Maita Station” on the Municipal Subway
5-minute walk from "Kaikan-mae" on Sotetsu bus route 旭4, riding from "Hagoromocho" at the north exit of JR "Kannai Station” along Route 16

Peonies

Peonies
Nojima Park

Nojima Park

About 200 colorful peony strains of 40 different varieties bloom one after another from April to early May in "Hirobumi Ito’s Old Villa in Kanazawa Peony Garden".

<Viewing season>From early April to early May

Nojima Park
Address 24 Nojima-cho, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama
Access 5-minute walk from "Nojima Koen Station" on the Seaside Line, riding from "Shinsugita Station” on JR Keihin Tohoku Negishi Line
5-minute walk from "Nojima Koen Station” on the Seaside Line, riding from "Kanazawa Hakkei Station” on the Keikyu Line

Peonies
Tomioka Park

Tomioka Park

There are two flower beds in the Peony Garden, framed by pergola and curbstone, each of them with a colorful variety of peonies such as red, pink, and yellow that bloom in spring.

<Viewing season>From March to April

Tomioka Park
Address 2-9 Tomioka Higashi, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama
Access 5-minute walk from “Nambushijo Station” on the Seaside Line
In front of the bus stop "Torimizuka" on Keikyu bus route 4 (for Isogo station) riding from "Tomioka", outside of "Keikyu Tomioka Station” on the Keikyu Line

Other flowers

Other flowers
Satsuki azalea (Sankeien Garden)

Satsuki azalea (Sankeien Garden)

<Viewing season>From mid-May to mid-June

Sankeien Garden
Address 58-1 Honmoku Sannotani, Naka-ku, Yokohama
Access 10-minute walk from bus stop "Honmoku" on the municipal bus routes 58, 99 or 101, riding from "Negishi Station” on the JR Keihin Tohoku Negishi Line
5-minute walk from bus stop "Sankeien-iriguchi" on the Municipal Bus routes 8 or 148, or "Sankeien" on the Burari Sankeien Bus (only operating on weekends and public holidays) riding from JR “Yokohama Station” east exit or "Sakuragicho Station” on Keihin Tohoku Negishi Line

Other flowers
Hypericum patulum (Tomioka Park)

Hypericum patulum (Tomioka Park)

<Viewing season>From May to June

Tomioka Park
Address 2-9 Tomioka Higashi, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama
Access 5-minute walk from “Nambushijo Station” on the Seaside Line
In front of the bus stop "Torimizuka" on Keikyu bus route 4 (for Isogo station) riding from "Tomioka", outside the "Keikyu Tomioka Station” on the Keikyu Line

Other flowers
Thunbery spirea (Nagahama Park)

Thunbery spirea (Nagahama Park)

<Viewing season>From end of March to April

Nagahama Park
Address 106-6 Nagahama, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama
Access 14-minute walk from “Keikyu Tomioka Station” on the Keikyu Line or “Namiki Chuo Station” on the Seaside Line
5-minute walk from bus stop "Kanazawa Sports Center-mae" on Municipal Bus route 294, riding from JR “Shinsugita Station”

Summer

Hydrangeas

Hydrangeas
Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise

Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise
Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise

Surrounded by the sea on the island of Hakkeijima various flowers bloom every season, and in early summer you can see about 20,000 strains of colorful hydrangeas, the largest collection in Kanagawa prefecture, with Western hydrangeas (Seiyo-ajisai) and Japanese Gaku-ajisai, The Hakkeijima Hydrangea Festival is held in June every year.

<Viewing season>From mid-June to early July

Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise
Address Hakkeijima, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama
Access 5-minute walk from “Hakkeijima Station” on the Seaside Line

Hydrangeas
Yokohama English Garden

Yokohama English Garden
Yokohama English Garden
Yokohama English Garden

It has a collection of 300 varieties of hydrangeas, which is said to be the largest in the metropolitan area, with a wide variety of colors and shapes, from mountain hydrangeas to other gorgeous horticultural varieties. A hydrangea fair is held every year, and it is also popular as a photo spot. Here, you can enjoy a wide variety of plants other than hydrangeas as well, and their elaborated decorations.

<Viewing season>From early June to late June

Yokohama English Garden
Address Inside the tvk ecom park, 6-1 Nishi Hiranuma-cho, Nishi-ku, Yokohama
Access 10-minute walk from “Hiranumabashi Station” on the Sotetsu Line
*Free shuttle bus available from Yokohama Station West Exit, in front of Resona Bank

Hydrangeas
Kanazawa Park / Kanazawa Zoo

Kanazawa Park / Kanazawa Zoo

Kanazawa Park and Kanazawa Zoo stand on a hill from where spots like Tokyo Bay, Boso Peninsula and Miura Peninsula can be overlooked under good conditions. Colorful hydrangeas can also be seen among the patches of blue sky during the rainy season.

<Viewing season>From early June to early July

Kanazawa Park / Kanazawa Zoo
Address 5-15-1 Kamariya Higashi, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama
Access 6-minute walk from bus stop "Natsuyama Sakaue" on Keikyu bus route 文1 or 文2, riding from "Kanazawa Bunko Station" on the Keikyu Line
In front of bus stop "Kanazawa Zoo" on Keikyu Bus route 文21 (express) *only weekends and holidays

Hydrangeas
Sankeien Garden

Sankeien Garden
Sankeien Garden
Sankeien Garden

A garden with 17 historic buildings collected from Kyoto and Kamakura on a vast land equivalent to the size of four Tokyo Domes. Known as a famous spot for flower viewing, hydrangeas can be seen in various colors and shapes.

<Viewing season>From early June to late June

Sankeien Garden
Address 58-1 Honmoku Sannotani, Naka-ku, Yokohama
Access 10-minute walk from bus stop "Honmoku" on the municipal bus routes 58, 99 or 101, riding from "Negishi Station” on the JR Keihin Tohoku Negishi Line
5-minute walk from bus stop "Sankeien-iriguchi" on the Municipal Bus routes 8 or 148, or "Sankeien" on the Burari Sankeien Bus (only operating on weekends and public holidays) riding from JR “Yokohama Station” east exit or "Sakuragicho Station” on Keihin Tohoku Negishi Line

Hydrangeas
Mitsuike Park

Mitsuike Park
Mitsuike Park

Enclosed in an abundant forest, it comprises three ponds, which are the reason for its name “Mitsuike” (three ponds). A hydrangea festival is held in June, and observation meetings are held.

<Viewing season>From mid-May to mid-July

Mitsuike Park
Address 1-1 Mitsuike Park, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama
Access 3-minute walk from "Mitsuike Koen Kitamon" on Municipal Bus route 6 or 104 riding from "Shin-Yokohama Station" on the JR Yokohama Line / Municipal Subway Blue Line
3-minute walk from "Mitsuike Koen Kitamon" on Municipal Bus route 6, 67 or 104 riding from the west exit of “Tsurumi Station” on the JR Keihin Tohoku Line

Hydrangeas
Matano Villa Garden

Matano Villa Garden

In the Matano Villa Garden, about 740 hydrangea strains of different varieties such as Western hydrangeas (Seiyo-ajisai), Sumida-no-hanabi, Kurenai, and Annabel hydrangeas are planted in the Hydrangea Garden and other parts of the park. In addition, the hydrangeas in the Hydrangea Garden are planted in a terraced slope so they can be seen three-dimensionally.

<Viewing season>From late June to July

Matano Villa Garden
Address 80-1 Higashi Matano-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama
Access 5-minute walk from bus stop "Teppojuku" on the Kanagawa Chuo Kotsu Bus route 戸81 (for Fujisawa Station north exit) riding from "Totsuka Station” West Exit on JR or Municipal Subway, or from Totsuka Bus Center
5-minute walk from bus stop "Teppojuku" on the Kanagawa Chuo Kotsu Bus route 戸81 (for Totsuka Bus Center) or route 藤54 (for Matano Park, Yokohama Yakudai-mae <via Fujisawa Station north exit street>) riding from JR / Odakyu / Enoshima Electric Railway’s "Fujisawa" station north exit bus stop

Hydrangeas
Tomioka Park

Tomioka Park

Red and blue hydrangeas are planted on both sides of the hydrangea slope that leads from the Planetree Square in the center of the park to the Multipurpose Square. Depending on the variety, the flowers change from white to red or blue and begin to bloom all at once. There are about 400 strains in the Hydrangea Slope and a total of about 150 in other areas.

<Viewing season>From June to July

Tomioka Park
Address 2-9 Tomioka Higashi, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama
Access 5-minute walk from “Nambushijo Station” on the Seaside Line
In front of the bus stop "Torimizuka" on Keikyu bus route 4 (for Isogo station) riding from "Tomioka", outside the "Keikyu Tomioka Station” on the Keikyu Line

Hydrangeas
Nagahama Park

Nagahama Park

You will love the sight of cherry blossoms when they bloom along the Sakura-Namiki Garden Walk, but then when the cherry blossoms are over and rainy season comes, the scenery changes and it becomes Hydrangea Garden Walk. With mainly Western hydrangeas, you can also see the beautiful appearance of ancient Japanese hydrangeas Gaku-ajisai. In front of a sport square, hydrangeas shine beautifully against the green natural grass background.

<Viewing season>From late May to July

Nagahama Park
Address 106-6 Nagahama, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama
Access 14-minute walk from “Keikyu Tomioka Station” on the Keikyu Line or “Namiki Chuo Station” on the Seaside Line
5-minute walk from bus stop "Kanazawa Sports Center-mae" on Municipal Bus route 294, riding from JR “Shinsugita Station”

Lotus

Lotus
Sankeien Garden

Sankeien Garden

Every July, the park opens at 6 am and the "Early Morning Lotus Viewing" is held, where you can enjoy the beautifully blooming lotus flowers among the early morning fresh air.

<Viewing season>From mid-July to mid-August

Sankeien Garden
Address 58-1 Honmoku Sannotani, Naka-ku, Yokohama
Access 10-minute walk from bus stop "Honmoku" on the municipal bus routes 58, 99 or 101, riding from "Negishi Station” on the JR Keihin Tohoku Negishi Line
5-minute walk from bus stop "Sankeien-iriguchi" on the Municipal Bus routes 8 or 148, or "Sankeien" on the Burari Sankeien Bus (only operating on weekends and public holidays) riding from JR “Yokohama Station” east exit or "Sakuragicho Station” on Keihin Tohoku Negishi Line

Lotus
Yokohama Zoological Gardens “Zoorasia”

Zoorasia

It has a collection of 300 varieties of hydrangeas, which is said to be the largest in the metropolitan area, with a wide variety of colors and shapes, from mountain hydrangeas to other gorgeous horticultural varieties. A hydrangea fair is held every year, and it is also popular as a photo spot. Here, you can enjoy a wide variety of plants other than hydrangeas as well, and their elaborated decorations.

<Viewing season>From July to August

Yokohama Zoological Gardens “Zoorasia”
Address 1175-1 Kamishirane-cho, Asahi-ku, Yokohama
Access Get off at the last bus stop “Yokohama Zoo” riding from Sotetsu Line "Tsurugamine Station” or "Mitsukyo Station”, or "Nakayama Station” on the JR Yokohama line or municipal subway
About 1 hour by bus from "Yokohama Station” on each line to "Yokohama Zoo" (please note that the number of service is small)
10-minute walk from bus stop “Kamishiranecho” riding from Sotetsu line “Tsurugamine Station”, bound for Nakayama Station and Hikarigaoka-danchi.
10-minute walk from bus stop “Kamishiranecho” riding from the south exit of "Nakayama Station” on the JR Yokohama Line or Municipal Subway, bound for Tsurugamine

Lotus
Baba Flower Garden

Baba Flower Garden

A Japanese-style scenic park surrounded by abundant greenery, with a pond on its center. You can see the large lotus blooming one after another among the leaves that spread all over the pond surface. An early morning viewing gathering is usually held every July.

<Viewing season>From June to July

Baba Flower Garden
Address 2-20-1, Baba, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama
Access 8-minute walk from "Higashi-koko-iriguchi" on the Kawasaki Tsurumi Rinko Bus route 鶴01, riding from JR "Tsurumi Station” west exit or "Kikuna Station” on the JR or Tokyu Toyoko Line
8-minute walk from "Nishi Terao Kenkoji-mae" on the Municipal Bus route 41 or 38, riding from JR "Tsurumi Station” west exit (avoid the Tsurumi Sta. West exit Junkan bus)

Japanese Iris

Japanese Iris
Sankeien Garden

Sankeien Garden

You can enjoy the colorful irises that start to bloom from the darker ones and then the lighter ones bloom gradually afterwards. In June, the "Japanese Iris Exhibition" takes place displaying potted irises that have been cultivated with great care.

<Viewing season>From late May to mid-June

Sankeien Garden
Address 58-1 Honmoku Sannotani, Naka-ku, Yokohama
Access 10-minute walk from bus stop "Honmoku" on the municipal bus routes 58, 99 or 101, riding from "Negishi Station” on the JR Keihin Tohoku Negishi Line
5-minute walk from bus stop "Sankeien-iriguchi" on the Municipal Bus routes 8 or 148, or "Sankeien" on the Burari Sankeien Bus (only operating on weekends and public holidays) riding from JR “Yokohama Station” east exit or "Sakuragicho Station” on Keihin Tohoku Negishi Line

Japanese Iris
Baba Flower Garden

Baba Flower Garden

A Japanese-style scenic park surrounded by abundant greenery, with a pond on its center. Iris strains bloom around the pond where you can enjoy viewing the purple flowers.

<Viewing season>May

Baba Flower Garden
Address 2-20-1, Baba, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama
Access 8-minute walk from "Higashi-koko-iriguchi" on the Kawasaki Tsurumi Rinko Bus route 鶴01, riding from JR "Tsurumi Station” west exit or "Kikuna Station” on the JR or Tokyu Toyoko Line
8-minute walk from "Nishi Terao Kenkoji-mae" on the Municipal Bus route 41 or 38, riding from JR "Tsurumi Station” west exit (avoid the Tsurumi Sta. West exit Junkan bus)

Japanese Iris
Shikinomori Park

Shikinomori Park

A woodland that uses the spring water of a small valley called Yato. Surrounded by an untouched landscape, you can enjoy how the scenery changes by the passing of seasons in Shikinomori Park. About 4,500 iris strains of 120 different varieties full bloom in its Iris Garden.

<Viewing season>From early June to late June

Shikinomori Park
Address 291 Terayama-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama
Access 15-minute walk from "Nakayama Station” on the JR Yokohama Line or Municipal Subway Green Line
3-minute walk from bus stop "Nagasaka" on the Municipal bus route 136 or Sotetsu bus route 旭11, 旭13, 旭14

Other flowers

Other flowers
Golden-rayed lily (Kanazawa Park / Kanazawa Zoo)

Golden-rayed lily (Kanazawa Park / Kanazawa Zoo)

<Viewing season>From mid-June to early July

Kanazawa Park / Kanazawa Zoo
Address 5-15-1 Kamariya Higashi, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama
Access 6-minute walk from bus stop "Natsuyama Sakaue" on Keikyu bus route 文1 or 文2, riding from "Kanazawa Bunko Station" on the Keikyu Line
In front of bus stop "Kanazawa Zoo" on Keikyu Bus route 文21 (express) *only weekends and holidays

Autumn / Winter

Autumn roses

Autumn roses
Yamashita Park

Yamashita Park
Yamashita Park
Yamashita Park

Yamashita Park is a park with many viewing attractions such as the sea and monuments. It is also a famous spot for roses in Yokohama with 1,900 roses from about 160 different varieties blooming in the "Future Rose Garden" every spring and autumn. "Future Rose Garden" is a symbolic garden in Yokohama that passes on the history of roses from the past to the future.

<Viewing season>From mid-October to early November

Yamashita Park
Address 279 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama
Access 20-minute walk from “Kannai Station” on JR Keihin Tohoku Negishi Line or Municipal Subway Blue Line
3-minute walk from “Motomachi-Chukagai Station” on the Minato-Mirai Line

Autumn roses
Harbor View Park (Minato-no-mieru Oka koen)

Harbor View Park (Minato-no-mieru Oka koen)
Harbor View Park (Minato-no-mieru Oka koen)
Harbor View Park (Minato-no-mieru Oka koen)

This park which cannot lack from your sightseeing route around Yamate area, has an observatory from which you can overlook the scenery of the harbor and Yokohama Bay Bridge. An English-style garden with the theme of roses planted against the Yokohama British House background. In the park you can enjoy viewing a total of 2,200 strains of roses of about 330 different varieties blooming in the "English Rose Garden" in front of the Yokohama British House, the "Scented Garden" in the sunk garden, and the "Rose and Cascade Garden" which spreads among the backyards of the Yokohama British House and the Yamate 111 Ban-Kan.

<Viewing season>From mid-October to mid-November

Harbor View Park (Minato-no-mieru Oka koen)
Address 114 Yamate-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama
Access 20-minute walk from “Ishikawacho Station” on the JR Keihin Tohoku Negishi Line
5-minute walk from “Motomachi-Chukagai Station” on the Minato-Mirai Line

Autumn roses
Yokohama English Garden

Yokohama English Garden

A garden under the theme of roses, Yokohama city flower, where you can enjoy a horticultural atmosphere. Autumn roses, which bloom slowly under low temperatures, although less in number compared to spring roses, they bloom beautifully darker, clearer and corpulent.

<Viewing season>From mid-October to mid-November

Yokohama English Garden
Address Inside the tvk ecom park, 6-1 Nishi Hiranuma-cho, Nishi-ku, Yokohama
Access 10-minute walk from “Hiranumabashi Station” on the Sotetsu Line
*Free shuttle bus available from Yokohama Station West Exit, in front of Resona Bank

Cosmos

Cosmos
Kanazawa Park / Kanazawa Zoo

Kanazawa Park / Kanazawa Zoo

On the way from the Children's Square in Kanazawa park, where there is a roller slide popular to children, towards the zoo, you can enjoy a field of cosmos in full bloom on a slope of about 2,000 sq.m. Unlike the yellow color of field mustards in spring, the cosmos field studded with red and pink color seems even cuter.

<Viewing season>From early September to early October

Kanazawa Park / Kanazawa Zoo
Address 5-15-1 Kamariya Higashi, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama
Access 6-minute walk from bus stop "Natsuyama Sakaue" on Keikyu bus route 文1 or 文2, riding from "Kanazawa Bunko Station" on the Keikyu Line
In front of bus stop "Kanazawa Zoo" on Keikyu Bus route 文21 (express) *only weekends and holidays

Plum

Plum
Yokohama Children's Recreation Park

Yokohama Children's Recreation Park

130 red and white plum trees of about 45 different species are planted in its plum garden. Early-blooming plums begin to bloom from early January, and late-blooming plums can be seeing until late February. You are welcomed to enjoy viewing the red and white plum blossoms that outstand upon the clear winter sky as well as their sweet scent.

<Viewing season>From early January to February

Yokohama Children's Recreation Park
Address 213 Karibacho, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama
Access 5-minute walk from bus stop "Jido-yuenchi-iriguchi" on the Kanagawa Chuo Kotsu Bus
1-minute walk from bus stop “Jido-yuenchi-mae” on the Municipal Bus