With the arrival of warm spring, the Lake Hamana Flower Festival begins! The 2023 event will be held from March 21st to June 11th. The two main venues are Hamamatsu Flower Park and Hamanako Garden Park.

During the Flower Festival, visitors will be welcomed by the seasonal flowers and beautiful gardens that decorate the area around Lake Hamana, Fukuroi City, Morimachi, and Kakegawa City. You can also have fun collecting flower stamps at 25 points of interest.

Lake Hamana Flower Festival begins! Flower stamps are included in the flower stamp book

▲Flower Festa gate (inside Hamamatsu Flower Park, photographed in 2021)

Cherry blossoms, wisteria, roses, irises, and irises…

In the area around Lake Hamana, where various flowers bloom with the arrival of spring, the “Lake Hamana Flower Festival 2023” will be held from March 21st to June 11th, where you can enjoy a flower relay.

There are two main venues: Hamamatsu Flower Park and Hamanako Garden Park. Both are comprehensive parks where you can enjoy seasonal flowers and plants up close.

▲Left: The flower stamp book has four different designs and colors (green, orange, purple, red). Right: Flower stamps are installed at each flower spot.

▲Flower stamps (roses from Hamanako Garden Park and Satsuki from Ryutanji Temple)

From February 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023, including during the Flower Festa period, you can also enjoy stamping flowers on your stamp book.

The stamps will be installed at 17 locations and 25 flower spots scattered around Lake Hamana, Fukuroi City, Morimachi, and Kakegawa City. This time we will show you where to install 25 flower stamps.

Click here for information on where to buy the special flower tour stamp book and flower spots.

Official website of Lake Hamana Flower Festival (external link)

「https://hamamatsu-daisuki.net/flowerfestival/」

Plum, tulip, almond flowers

・Shoryu Weeping Plum (Mt. Okusa): Best time to see…early February to mid-March

Passing through a tunnel of plum blossoms that looks like a shower is popular. There are Christmas roses at the base of the plum tree.

The top pick of the Hamanako Flower Festival is the Shoryu Weeping Plum from Mt. Okusa.

There are 350 weeping plum trees that can be seen in the park. The zoo’s unique style of rising dragon makes it look exactly like a dragon rising to the sky!

・Weeping plum (Okuyama Highlands): Best time to see…Late February to late March

Weeping plum blossoms blooming in the flowing water garden

Approximately 300 meters above sea level. Weeping plum blossoms on Okuyama Plateau reach their peak a little later than those at the foot of the mountain.

The approximately 80 weeping plum trees blooming in the running water garden in front of the park are a must-see! Look up and enjoy the beauty of the flowers.

(Okuyama Kogen was closed in 2024.)

・Plum blossoms (Chorakuji Temple): Best time to see…Mid-February to early March

View of Lake Oku-Hamana (one of the tributary lakes of Lake Hamana/also known as Lake Inasa Hosoe) sparkling through the branches of the plum tree.

If you want to walk through a tunnel of pure white plum blossoms, go to Chorakuji Temple.

The plum tunnel is located on a 100 meter long stone staircase along the mountain slope that leads to the site of the main hall. The height difference between the stone steps and the site of the main hall is approximately 30 meters. Why not take a walk while admiring the plum blossoms?

・Tulips (Hamamatsu Flower Park): Best time to see…Late March to mid-April

A collaboration of cherry blossoms and tulips against a green background

Brightly colored tulips can be seen at the two main venues of the Hamanako Flower Festival.

Group with similar colors or mix colors. The design of the flowerbeds changes every year, so visitors never get bored.

This flower bed is only for that year. Be sure to check out the flower scenery of 500,000 tulips and 1,300 cherry blossoms blooming one after another at Hamamatsu Flower Park!

・Tulips (Hamanako Garden Park): Best time to see…Late March to mid-April

Seasonal flowers and tulips blooming in the flower garden (flower stamp on the top right)

At Hamanako Garden Park, you can see tulips everywhere.

There are 10,000 tulips of 110 types blooming in the park. Enjoy the feeling of spring while taking a leisurely walk♪

・Almond (Hamamatsu Fruit Park Tokinosum): Best time to see…Late March to mid-April

Almond flowers are larger and more showy than cherry blossoms or peaches.

A gorgeous almond flower that blooms a little earlier than cherry blossoms.

At Hamamatsu Fruit Park Tokinosumika, about 300 trees are planted mainly in the “Almond Plaza” in the east area. You can see the cherry blossoms a little earlier.

cherry blossoms

・Cherry blossoms (Hosoe Town Miyakotagawa Sakura Bank): Best time to see…Late March to early April

Cherry blossom embankment in full bloom

How about collecting flower stamps while viewing the cherry blossoms during the Lake Hamana Flower Festival?

The embankment of the Miyakoda River that flows through Hosoe Town becomes a cherry blossom embankment in late March.

Peeking out from between the cherry blossom tunnels is the Urara Miyakoda River in spring. If you forget about time and relax, the cherry blossoms will soothe you.

・Cherry blossoms (Okuyama Park): Best time to see…Late March to early April

A dream floating bridge that sways a little every time you walk

At Okuyama Park, located near the entrance to Hokoji Temple, a famous temple in Okuyama, the cherry blossoms planted around the pond are popular.

Floating on the pond is a floating bridge of dreams that sways gently. Away from the hustle and bustle of the city, enjoy a magical cherry blossom viewing experience at Okuyama Park, which is rich in nature.

・Cherry blossoms (Hamamatsu Flower Park): Best time to see…Late March to mid-April

Soothed by cherry blossoms and tulips

Hamamatsu Flower Park is home to 1,300 cherry blossom trees, including Yoshino cherry trees and the late-blooming double cherry blossoms, which turn the park into spring colors one after another.

In the bright spring sunshine, the collaboration with tulips seems to invite visitors to another world.

・Cherry blossoms (Hamamatsu Castle Park): Best time to see…Late March to early April

The design of the flower stamp is the same as the statue of Ieyasu (the upper left is a flower stamp)

Hamamatsu Castle is known as the residence of the young Tokugawa Ieyasu. Approximately 330 cherry blossom trees surround Hamamatsu Castle Park, which is centered around the castle.

Castle and cherry blossoms. There is only a short period of time during the year when you can see a landscape that is woven in harmony with harmony. If you want to experience a gorgeous yet calm atmosphere, head to Hamamatsu Castle Park.

Weeping peach, witch hazel, nemophila, wisteria

・Genpei Weeping Peach (Kaname Shrine): Best time to see…early April to mid-April

Genpei weeping peach flowers bloom from one tree in three colors, including white, red, and white and red.

In early April, Genpei weeping peaches are in full bloom on the grounds of Kaname Shrine.

Flowers of three colors bloom from one tree, competing with each other like the Genji and Taira clans of ancient times. Since it coincides with the best time to see cherry blossoms, we also have Genpei weeping peaches and cherry blossom scenery!

・Tokiwa Witch Hazel (northern range of Tokiwa Witch Hazel): Best time to see…Mid-April to late April

Kosai City is the northern limit of Japan’s crested witch hazel colony.

There are only three places in Japan where this colony grows. One of these places is the crested witch hazel colony in Kamiza, Kosai City.

Please take a look at the pale cream-colored elongated petals blooming on the spreading branches.

・Nemophila (Hamanako Garden Park): Best time to see…early April to mid-April

Nemophila, which is popular for its clear blue flowers, can be found in the flower square (the flower stamp is on the top right)

If you want to see nemophila blooming all over the large flower bed, head to the flower plaza near the observation deck of Hamanako Garden Park.

If you look down from the 50-meter-high observation tower (for a fee), you can enjoy the geoglyphs drawn with nemophila.

・Wisteria (Hamamatsu Flower Park): Best time to see…Late April to early May

The wisteria trellis has pastel colored flowers.

Purple, white, pink… At Hamamatsu Flower Park, you can admire wisteria flowers of various colors.

Walk under and look up at the 170 meter long wisteria trellis. Wisteria shaped like a garden tree and white Fuji shaped like an umbrella are also popular.

The wisteria trellis at Hamamatsu Flower Park is being introduced on the YouTube channel “Jenne Channel”.

[Shizuoka Prefecture/Hamamatsu Tourism] Wisteria trellis at Hamamatsu Flower Park! It’s almost time to see!

「https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP-SCV1WW4I」

Azalea, Satsuki, Rose

・Shibukawa Azalea (Shibukawa Azalea Park): Best time to see…Mid-May to early June

Shibukawa azalea that blooms early and late.

The characteristics of Shibukawa azaleas are that they grow in clusters only in the serpentine jamongan zone, and that they each have three leaves and three flowers.

This early summer, why not go and see the Shibukawa azaleas that are waiting at the top of a small mountain?

・Miyama azalea (Shotaiji Shotaji): Best time to see…early March to early April

Lake Hamana overlooking Miyama Azalea

At Shotaji Temple facing Lake Hamana, you can see 600 beautiful Miyama azaleas.

After enjoying the view of Lake Hamana through the red-purple Miyama azaleas, head to the Utsuyama Castle ruins in the back mountain.

・Satsuki (Ryutanji Ryotanji): Best time to see…Mid-May to early June

Azaleas decorate the pond garden

At Ryutanji Ryotanji Garden, which is said to have been created by Enshu Kobori and is said to be the most famous garden in the Tokai region, you can admire the brightly colored azaleas from the verandah on the north side of the main hall.

Please take a look at the beauty of the garden, which has a calm and calm atmosphere on both sunny and rainy days.

・Rose (Hamanako Garden Park): Best time to see…Mid-May to early June

The flower museum whose walls are covered with climbing roses is a great photo spot

A popular rose spot at Hamanako Garden Park. It is a flower garden at the back of the park.

When the roses are in full bloom, the climbing roses that cover the flower beds and the walls of the flower museum fill the area with a rich fragrance. Walk through the large arch of roses and enjoy the flowers. Why not take a leisurely stroll?

・Rose (Hamamatsu Flower Park): Best time to see…Mid-May to early June

The rose flower bed centered around the fountain is a must-see!

The rose garden at Hamamatsu Flower Park was just renewed in 2021.

In addition to traditional climbing rose arches, they can also be used at the entrance to rose gardens.

Whether you look up or down, there are roses. Take a walk in the garden or sit on a bench. Please love it to your heart’s content.

Hydrangeas, lilies, irises, garden beauty

・Hydrangeas and small lilies (Okuyama Highlands): Best time to see…early June to early July

10,000 hydrangeas blooming on the mountain slope

A wild species of lily that shows its cute appearance

In early summer, hydrangeas and lilies are at their peak in Okuyama Highlands.

From the hydrangeas that cover the mountain slopes to the secluded blooming lilies, you’ll be enchanted by the Japanese beauty.

・Lilies (Kasui Lily Garden): Best time to see…Late May to early July

Area dyed with bright yellow lilies

If you would like to see colorful lily flowers, head to Kasui Lily Garden in Fukuroi City.

Over 150 varieties of lilies, from both the East and the West, await visitors in the undulating garden. In the sun or in the shade. Enjoy the lily flowers blooming all over the place!

・Hana iris (Hamamatsu Flower Park): Best time to see…early June to mid-June

White, purple, and pink irises decorate the end of the Lake Hamana Flower Festival.

There are 700,000 irises blooming in the irises garden of Hamamatsu Flower Park!

Some of them are those received from Meiji Shrine, and the original yellow-flowered variety “Hamanako no Hikari.”

・Hana iris (Kamosho Kachoen): Best time to see…Late April to late June

500,000 irises blooming against a lush green background

A garden of Japanese iris spreads out against the backdrop of Kakegawa’s Satoyama.

At Kamoso Kachoen, extremely early-blooming varieties start blooming one after another from around late April. You can see Japanese irises along with Kamo-so, a headman’s residence from the Edo period.

・Aoba maple (Okuni Shrine, Ichinomiya, Totomi Province): Best time to see…early May to late June

Aoba maple leaves swaying on the surface of the pond

At Oguni Shrine Okunijinja, known as the Ichinomiya of Enshu Mori, the grounds are beautifully colored with green maple leaves in early summer.

Relax and refresh as you walk through the soft, budding green maple leaves bathed in sunlight filtering through the trees!

Tea room Japanese garden (Shointei)

Hamamatsu City Tea Room Shointei is located in a corner of Hamamatsu Castle Park.

What you can see from the tea ceremony seat in the tea room is a Japanese garden that changes with the seasons. Please spend a relaxing moment in a high-quality Japanese space.

The bloom period is short.

Visit the flowers and gardens around Hamamatsu and Lake Hamana and collect flower stamps while enjoying the memorable flower relay.