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Yes, This Is One Wisteria Plant!
In case you need proof that “the harder a garden is to get to, the more spectacular it is,” look no further than Ashikaga Flower Park. Two solid hours from Tokyo by car (or two and a half hours hopping on and off four different trains), I didn’t believe any flowers could be worth the trip.
But as you can see, I was oh so wrong!
Not only are they huge, they’re lit up at night
And the whole place is designed with reflecting ponds, so you can get pix like THIS
These wisteria flowers are over a meter long!
White ones, over a bridge at twilight
White ones, as far as the eye can see
A glowing tunnel of yellow wisteria
Up close, they’re beautiful too.
Wisteria, wisteria, everywhere you look!
Getting to Ashikaga Flower Park without a car takes about 2.5 hours by train (use the Train Finder to search from your nearest station to Tomita Station), then it’s about a 13-minute walk to the park entrance, or you can take a bus from the station that takes about 10 minutes.
Open: Every day, 9:00-21:00 from mid-April to the end of May
Admission: ¥1700 for adults
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Beautiful!
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Wow these are beautiful! I love a good wisteria. Ill add this to my must do for next time I go
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It was pretty boggling. It actually peaked during Golden Week, I think, (the week before we went), but of course that coincided with the most massive crowds of the year, so we waited until after everybody had gone back to work. If you really want to go, here’s the Ashikaga Flower Park website’s English section! http://www.ashikaga.co.jp/en/index.html
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