Ashikaga Flower Park あしかがフラワーパーク
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Ashikaga Flower Park is home to one of Japan's largest wisteria trellis and numerous wisteria trees/vines. Besides purple wisteria, it also boasts white and yellow wisteria. Entrance to the park..
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Entrance to Ashikaga Flower Park is guarded by these yellow wisteria. Admission is a pricey ¥2,000 during the wisteria season from late April to early May. It's worth it during peak bloom.
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If you're visiting during the wisteria's peak bloom, I highly recommend seeing this park. Breathtaking. Flower beds near the entrance.
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Flower Stage
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A semi-ring of chairs in front of the Flower Stage. The ceiling has light pink wisteria. うす紅の棚
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Map of Ashikaga Flower Park. It's large, but compact enough to walk around and see everything. They also light up the flowers at night until 9 pm.
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The main and spectacular attraction is this Giant Wisteria (大藤) on a expansive trellis.
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Giant Wisteria at Ashikaga Flower Park in Ashikaga, Tochigi. The trellis is huge and the wisteria strands are long. Super awesome.
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This wisteria tree is about 140 years old. It was transplanted here in Feb. 1996.
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A small shrine under the Giant Wisteria.
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The wisteria strands can be as long as 1.8 meters.
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The Giant Wisteria extends over 36 meters by 33 meters. About the same as a large hotel ballroom or a whopping 600 tatami mats. The trellis was only 50 tatami mats when it was transplanted here.
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Many wisteria trees decorate the park paths.
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Usubeni Bridge (Light Pink Bridge) with a canopy of light pink wisteria. うす紅橋
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Usubeni Bridge (Light Pink Bridge) with a canopy of light pink wisteria. うす紅橋
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Usubeni Bridge (Light Pink Bridge) with a canopy of light pink wisteria at Ashikaga Flower Park in Ashikaga, Tochigi. うす紅橋
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Usubeni Bridge (Light Pink Bridge) with a canopy of light pink wisteria. うす紅橋
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Tunnel of White Wisteria.
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Tunnel of White Wisteria.
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Tunnel of White Wisteria goes for 76.5 meters.
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Tunnel of White Wisteria is one of a kind in the world at Ashikaga Flower Park.
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About the Tunnel of White Wisteria.
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The Tunnel of White Wisteria has wisteria trees planted on both sides.
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White wisteria in the Tunnel of White Wisteria.
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Exit/entrance of Tunnel of White Wisteria.
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Yae-fuji wisteria trellis.
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Yae-fuji wisteria trellis. Yae-fuji features more flower petals, making the flower look more like little balls. 八重藤
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Yae-fuji wisteria trellis. Yae-fuji features more flower petals, making the flower look more like little balls. 八重藤
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Yae-fuji wisteria features more flower petals, making the flower look more like little balls. 八重藤
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Yae-fuji wisteria features more flower petals, making the flower look more like little balls. 八重藤
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Yae-fuji wisteria
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Wisteria and azalea
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Another focal point is this tunnel of yellow wisteria called Kibana-fuji. きばな藤のトンネル
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Tunnel of Yellow Wisteria.
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Yellow wisteria
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Yellow wisteria at Ashikagae Flower Park.
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I like to shoot red and white flowers in Japan.
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Another massive flower display is this White Wisteria Waterfall. 白藤の滝
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White Wisteria Waterfall. 白藤の滝
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White Wisteria Waterfall. 白藤の滝
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White Wisteria Waterfall. 白藤の滝
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White Wisteria Waterfall. 白藤の滝
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The other side of the White Wisteria Waterfall is also a sight to behold. 白藤の滝
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White Wisteria Waterfall. 白藤の滝
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White Wisteria Waterfall. 白藤の滝
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This supposed to be a purple wisteria screen, but there was none.
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Another large wisteria trellis. 大長藤
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Another large wisteria trellis.
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Yellow wisteria
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Rhododendron forest. しゃくなげの森
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Rhododendron
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Rhododendron
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Rhododendron
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Rhododendron
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Rhododendron
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Pruning the withered flowers.
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Wisteria Dome 藤のドーム
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Wisteria Dome 藤のドーム
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Rest area お休みひろば
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Path of azalea.
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Ashikaga Flower Park, Tochigi.
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Entrance to an area called the Sea of Azaleas. ツツジの海
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Yet another large wisteria trellis, called Purple Wisteria Trellis. むらさき藤棚
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Purple Wisteria Trellis. むらさき藤棚
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Purple Wisteria Trellis. むらさき藤棚
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Rhododendron
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Floating Flower Pyramids 水上花壇
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Path of wisteria.
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Margaret
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The flower park also sells potted plants including wisteria.
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The flower park also sells potted plants including wisteria.
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Yellow wisteria selling for 4,000 yen.
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Purple wisteria which finished blooming is sold for half price.
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Hibiscus too.
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Bougainvillea
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Among the food booths was this ice cream stand selling wisteria ice cream for 350 yen.
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Wisteria ice cream does taste like wisteria. It was good and not too sweet. 藤ソフト
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Gift shop at the park entrance. When you enter the park, you enter here first (and last).
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Wisteria kamaboko fish cake.
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Wisteria noodles
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The park's parking lot had many tour buses. Crowded even on weekdays during wisteria season. But fewer people in the late afternoon.
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Ashikaga-shi Station on the Tobu Isezaki Line. It takes about 2 hours from central Tokyo. Connected to the Hanzomon Line. From April 2018, the JR Ashikaga Flower Park Station opened in front of the park.
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Until April 2018, shuttle buses went from Ashikaga-shi Station to Ashikaga Flower Park. Bus fare was ¥300 one way, taking about 15 min. The bus leaves once an hour, but more often if there's a large crowd.0
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At Ashikaga-shi Station, long line for the shuttle bus to Ashikaga Flower Park. This problem has been resolved with the new JR Ashikaga Flower Park Station.
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