Flowers Watching In May

Hi,

I will in Japan from 10-16 May. Will be going to Hokkaido and staying in tokyo for 1-2 days I am hoping to see as many flowers as possible this spring. I will be heading to Hokkaido for the cherry blossoms but was also hoping to see the tulip, pink moss and wisteria if possible. Can I ask if it is possible plan? Need advise in planning for the trip as well!

Thank you so much!

Yvonne

For cherry blossoms in Sapporo, I am giving you a link:

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e5316.html

For Pink Moss near Tokyo, I think it will be too late to go to Chichibu, and I would try the Fuji Shibazakura Festival in the Fuji Five lakes area.

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e6919.html

For Wisteria near Tokyo, you could try the Kameido Shrine in Tokyo, but you are probably better off going to Ashikaga Flower Park near Nikko.

For the two flowers that I gave you two locations, my strategy is to go to higher elevations to catch the flowers blooming a week or two later than the locations first mentioned for both flowers.

For Tulips, I am at a bit of a loss, but I would probably try Gunma Flower Park.

http://www.maebashi-cvb.com/engilsh/spots/03.htm

This is fairly far from Tokyo, but it might work.

As for

Oops, Link to the Ashikaga Flower Park:

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3850.html

And while I am at it, here is Chichibu:

http://blog.japanican.com/en/staffblog/2008/0425_shibasakura_397.html

And the Kameido Shrine:

http://www.gotokyo.org/en/kanko/koto/event/fujimatsuri.html

You will note that both Chichibu and the Kameido shrine festival are early May, and not mid May.

Thank you so much @ebaychucky11 :)
I think I am going to take your suggestion and go to Fuji Shibazakura Festival, really sounds so cool!

Can I ask if it is possible to cover Ashikaga Flower Park
and Gunma Flower Park both at the same time ? Do you happen to know if I can go to Gunma Flower Park via public transport? Don't seems to have other travel alternatives except taxi

I have only 2 nights in Tokyo, would like to make the best of what I can.

Thanks you so much

OK, I am going to assume a few things. First off, that you are going to purchase some sort of JR Pass that allows for Shinkansen travel. The other thing that I am going to assume is that you are willing to get up early.

The two parks are suprisingly close to each other. they are about 2 hours apart.

I would start by going to Ashikaga Flower Park, because it's a secialty flower park, and you will probably not linger there too long.

Starting at 7 AM (OK, that may be too early, but I am going to go with it) You can catch the Shinkansen Nasumo 251 at 7:04 to Oyama Station, and then transfer to the JR Ryomo Line to get to Tomita Station at 8:29. It is a 15 minute walk to get to the park, so you will get there just before it opens.

I am going to assume 2 hours in the park, so that you will depart at 11:00 AM, and get back to Tomita Station around 11:15 to go to Gunma Park.

I would take the JR Ryomo Line to Kiryu Station, and then walk to Nishikiryu station to ride the Jomo Electric Private rail to get to Ogo Station. There is a bus that goes towards Gunma Park. The description in the Maebashi website talks about a Demand Bus, which I am not sure what that means, but it sounds like a bus that just goes to Gunma Park. You should be able to get to the Park about 1:30 PM.

The park is open until 5 PM on Weekdays, and 6 PM on the weekend. I believe that 3 and a half hours should be sufficient.

You will then have about a two hour trip back to Tokyo, So you should arrive back around 7:30-8:00 PM.

So... Yes it is possible.

I hope that you enjoy your trip.