Gardens & Parks

Japanese gardens are masterpieces of landscape design, embodying harmony between nature and human artistry. These meticulously maintained spaces offer tranquility and seasonal beauty throughout the year.

Ashikaga Flower Park in tochigi, Japan - A spectacular floral theme park featuring the world-famous Great Wisteria, seasonal flower displays, and Japan's largest winter illumination creating a flower fantasy throughout the year.

Ashikaga Flower Park

A spectacular floral theme park featuring the world-famous Great Wisteria, seasonal flower displays, and Japan's largest winter illumination creating a flower fantasy throughout the year.

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Expo '70 Commemorative Park in osaka, Japan - Vast park built on the site of the 1970 World Exposition, featuring iconic Tower of the Sun, gardens, museums, and cultural facilities.

Expo '70 Commemorative Park

Vast park built on the site of the 1970 World Exposition, featuring iconic Tower of the Sun, gardens, museums, and cultural facilities.

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Glover Garden in nagasaki, Japan - A hillside park featuring beautifully preserved Western-style mansions from Nagasaki's trading port era, offering panoramic harbor views and insights into Japan's modernization.

Glover Garden

A hillside park featuring beautifully preserved Western-style mansions from Nagasaki's trading port era, offering panoramic harbor views and insights into Japan's modernization.

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Hirosaki Park Cherry Blossoms in aomori, Japan - One of Japan's top three cherry blossom viewing sites, featuring 2,600 sakura trees surrounding historic Hirosaki Castle, with spectacular moat reflections and night illuminations.

Hirosaki Park Cherry Blossoms

One of Japan's top three cherry blossom viewing sites, featuring 2,600 sakura trees surrounding historic Hirosaki Castle, with spectacular moat reflections and night illuminations.

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Hitachi Seaside Park in ibaraki, Japan - A vast coastal park famous for seasonal flower hills, particularly the dreamy blue nemophila blossoms in spring and fiery red kochia bushes in autumn creating Instagram-worthy landscapes.

Hitachi Seaside Park

A vast coastal park famous for seasonal flower hills, particularly the dreamy blue nemophila blossoms in spring and fiery red kochia bushes in autumn creating Instagram-worthy landscapes.

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Hitsujiyama Park (Shibazakura) in saitama, Japan - A hillside park famous for spectacular spring displays of 400,000 shibazakura (moss phlox) creating pink, white, and purple flower carpets with mountain views as backdrop.

Hitsujiyama Park (Shibazakura)

A hillside park famous for spectacular spring displays of 400,000 shibazakura (moss phlox) creating pink, white, and purple flower carpets with mountain views as backdrop.

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Imperial Palace East Gardens in tokyo, Japan - The public gardens of the Imperial Palace featuring remnants of Edo Castle, traditional Japanese garden design, and seasonal plantings. A peaceful oasis where Tokyo's feudal past meets its modern present.

Imperial Palace East Gardens

The public gardens of the Imperial Palace featuring remnants of Edo Castle, traditional Japanese garden design, and seasonal plantings. A peaceful oasis where Tokyo's feudal past meets its modern present.

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Kenrokuen Garden in ishikawa, Japan - One of Japan's Three Great Gardens, a masterpiece of landscape design featuring ponds, streams, bridges, teahouses, and meticulously pruned trees across all seasons.

Kenrokuen Garden

One of Japan's Three Great Gardens, a masterpiece of landscape design featuring ponds, streams, bridges, teahouses, and meticulously pruned trees across all seasons.

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Kichijoji & Inokashira Park in tokyo, Japan - Tokyo's most livable neighborhood combining a beautiful cherry blossom park with urban shopping, dining, and the nearby Ghibli Museum.

Kichijoji & Inokashira Park

Tokyo's most livable neighborhood combining a beautiful cherry blossom park with urban shopping, dining, and the nearby Ghibli Museum.

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Kuju Flower Park in oita, Japan - A spectacular highland flower park at 850m elevation featuring 5 million seasonal blooms against the backdrop of the majestic Kuju Mountain Range.

Kuju Flower Park

A spectacular highland flower park at 850m elevation featuring 5 million seasonal blooms against the backdrop of the majestic Kuju Mountain Range.

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Kyoto Imperial Palace Park in kyoto, Japan - Expansive public park surrounding the former imperial residence, offering free entry, historical architecture, gardens, and peaceful green space in central Kyoto.

Kyoto Imperial Palace Park

Expansive public park surrounding the former imperial residence, offering free entry, historical architecture, gardens, and peaceful green space in central Kyoto.

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Moricoro Park (near Ghibli Park) in aichi, Japan - A expansive public park built on the former site of the 2005 World Expo, now home to the popular Ghibli Park, offering nature trails, Japanese gardens, and various recreational facilities

Moricoro Park (near Ghibli Park)

A expansive public park built on the former site of the 2005 World Expo, now home to the popular Ghibli Park, offering nature trails, Japanese gardens, and various recreational facilities

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Nabana no Sato in mie, Japan - Spectacular flower park featuring seasonal displays year-round and Japan's largest winter illumination with millions of LED lights.

Nabana no Sato

Spectacular flower park featuring seasonal displays year-round and Japan's largest winter illumination with millions of LED lights.

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Nakanoshima Park in osaka, Japan - Osaka's first public park situated on a river island between the Dojima and Tosabori rivers, featuring rose gardens, historic Western-style buildings, and serving as downtown Osaka's green oasis.

Nakanoshima Park

Osaka's first public park situated on a river island between the Dojima and Tosabori rivers, featuring rose gardens, historic Western-style buildings, and serving as downtown Osaka's green oasis.

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Nunobiki Herb Gardens & Ropeway in hyogo, Japan - Japan's largest herb garden accessible by scenic ropeway, offering 200 herb varieties, mountain views, and panoramic Kobe city vistas.

Nunobiki Herb Gardens & Ropeway

Japan's largest herb garden accessible by scenic ropeway, offering 200 herb varieties, mountain views, and panoramic Kobe city vistas.

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Odori Park in hokkaido, Japan - A 1.5km urban oasis stretching through central Sapporo, famous for seasonal festivals including the world-renowned Sapporo Snow Festival.

Odori Park

A 1.5km urban oasis stretching through central Sapporo, famous for seasonal festivals including the world-renowned Sapporo Snow Festival.

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Okayama Korakuen Garden in okayama, Japan - One of Japan's Three Great Gardens featuring expansive lawns, ponds, tea houses, and views of Okayama Castle across the river.

Okayama Korakuen Garden

One of Japan's Three Great Gardens featuring expansive lawns, ponds, tea houses, and views of Okayama Castle across the river.

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Philosopher's Path in kyoto, Japan - Scenic 2-kilometer walking trail along a cherry tree-lined canal, connecting temples and offering peaceful contemplation in Kyoto's Higashiyama district.

Philosopher's Path

Scenic 2-kilometer walking trail along a cherry tree-lined canal, connecting temples and offering peaceful contemplation in Kyoto's Higashiyama district.

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Ritsurin Garden in kagawa, Japan - One of Japan's most celebrated Edo-period landscape gardens, featuring meticulously designed ponds, sculpted pine trees, tea houses, and Mount Shiun as borrowed scenery backdrop.

Ritsurin Garden

One of Japan's most celebrated Edo-period landscape gardens, featuring meticulously designed ponds, sculpted pine trees, tea houses, and Mount Shiun as borrowed scenery backdrop.

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Sankeien Garden in kanagawa, Japan - A stunning 175,000 square meter traditional Japanese garden featuring historic buildings relocated from across Japan, seasonal flowers, ponds, and peaceful walking paths away from Yokohama's urban center.

Sankeien Garden

A stunning 175,000 square meter traditional Japanese garden featuring historic buildings relocated from across Japan, seasonal flowers, ponds, and peaceful walking paths away from Yokohama's urban center.

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Sengan-en Garden in kagoshima, Japan - Historic daimyo garden with stunning views of Sakurajima volcano, showcasing over 350 years of Japanese landscape design and Satsuma domain heritage.

Sengan-en Garden

Historic daimyo garden with stunning views of Sakurajima volcano, showcasing over 350 years of Japanese landscape design and Satsuma domain heritage.

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Shinjuku Gyoen in tokyo, Japan - A spacious garden oasis in central Tokyo combining Japanese traditional, French formal, and English landscape garden styles. Originally an imperial garden, it offers seasonal beauty and tranquil escape from the urban bustle.

Shinjuku Gyoen

A spacious garden oasis in central Tokyo combining Japanese traditional, French formal, and English landscape garden styles. Originally an imperial garden, it offers seasonal beauty and tranquil escape from the urban bustle.

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Suizenji Jojuen Garden in kumamoto, Japan - A meticulously designed Edo-period landscape garden featuring miniature representations of the 53 stations of the Tokaido highway, centered around a spring-fed pond with crystal-clear water from Mt. Aso

Suizenji Jojuen Garden

A meticulously designed Edo-period landscape garden featuring miniature representations of the 53 stations of the Tokaido highway, centered around a spring-fed pond with crystal-clear water from Mt. Aso

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Ueno Park in tokyo, Japan - Tokyo's premier cultural park featuring museums, Ueno Zoo, Shinobazu Pond, historic temples, and spectacular cherry blossoms attracting millions during hanami season.

Ueno Park

Tokyo's premier cultural park featuring museums, Ueno Zoo, Shinobazu Pond, historic temples, and spectacular cherry blossoms attracting millions during hanami season.

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Uminonakamichi Seaside Park in fukuoka, Japan - Expansive 350-hectare national seaside park featuring seasonal flower gardens, cycling paths, animal encounters, water park, and beaches across a scenic peninsula.

Uminonakamichi Seaside Park

Expansive 350-hectare national seaside park featuring seasonal flower gardens, cycling paths, animal encounters, water park, and beaches across a scenic peninsula.

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