Botanical Garden Spots in Yamagata Area

  • Yamagata City Wild Plants Garden
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    4.0
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    Yamagata Yamagata-shi Kanno 832-3
    This wild plant garden is on the Nishizao Kogen Line in Kanno, Yamagata City. The park has about 1,000 varieties of wild plant and tree, and is divided into zones like the Flower Meadow, Nature Experience Zone, and Observation Zone. In addition to guided walking tours, they offer seasonal bird watching, firefly watching, and a variety of other nature activities and classes.

    4月上旬に行きました。山形市中心部からは車で25分くらいですがバスでも行けるみたいでした。入場料は300円取られますが、駐車場は無料でしたが、肝心の公園内は野草なので特に色鮮やかな花もなく、地味な感じで桜もありませんでした。4月はオススメしないです。

  • Atsumi Onsen Rose Park
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    Yamagata Tsuruoka-shi Yuatsumi Chinai
    This all-you-can-eat event is held at JA Tsuruoka Nishigo Fruit Selection Point Shop on Prefectural route 38 in Chimago Barashinden, Tsuruoka City. It runs for all of July, and lets you eat all the local JA Tsuruoka original Tsuruhime Melon, Tsuruhime Red Melon, or Andes Melon you can for one hour. Varieties available depend on the time. Reservations must be made at least one week in advance.

    斜面にあるため、たどり着くまで結構な階段があります。後で気がつきましたが迂回路も有りましたが、分かりずらかった。

  • Donden-daira Lily Garden
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    Yamagata Pref. Nishiokitamagunidemachi Hagyu 3341
    This botanical garden is located in the Hagyu area of Iide-machi, Nishiokitama County. It is the largest lily garden in eastern Japan, and has a vast site that is more than four times the size of Tokyo Dome, with approximately 500,000 plants of different lily varieties. Besides the observation deck and recreational facilities with water in the garden, there is a rest house where you can enjoy Iide beef barbecue.
  • Kawanishi Dariya Garden
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    Yamagata Pref. Higashiokitamagunkawanishimachi Kamikomatsu 5095-11
    The first dahlia-only tourist plant garden in Japan with 650 different kinds of dahlias and around 10,000 flowers in bloom, this is a spacious garden with a total area of around 4 hectares with grass and trees where you can take your time and enjoy the surroundings. In addition, there is a hot spring facility next door, and you can enjoy panoramic views of Dahlia Garden from the observation terrace. It is open every year from around August to November.
  • Higashizawa Rose Park
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    Yamagata Pref. Murayamashi Tateokahigashizawa 1-25
    Higashizawa Rose Park is a botanical garden located on the banks of the Osawa Reservoir in Murayama City. The Park has over 20,000 rose plants, belonging to around 750 different rose varieties from all over the world. Visitors can view special varieties such as the “Murayama” rose that was cultivated locally in Murayama City, and the rare “Violet” rose. The roses are at the best between June and September; a special “Rose Festival” is held every year during this period. Higashizawa Rose Park was selected for inclusion in Japan’s “Top 100 Aromascapes” in 2001, and was chosen as a location for the “Lovers’ Sanctuary Project” in 2015.
  • Sagae Park Azalea Garden
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    Yamagata Sagae-shi Sagae Nagaoka
    This azalea garden is located inside Sagae Park in Sagae Nagaoka, Sagae City. Around 43,000 plants of 11 different varieties of azalea are planted in a site of 3.2 hectares, making this azalea garden the largest in the Tohoku region. In May, the Sagae Azalea Festival takes place and various events are held, including lighting up the plants after dark.
  • Zao Natural Botanical Park
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    Yamagata Yamagata-shi Zao
    This botanical garden is near the peak of Mt. Sanpokojin, in the Zao Mountain Range. From June through September, it is filled with a variety of Alpine plants like rhododendrons, as well as the vivid red kusamomiji. You can take the ropeway from Zao Onsen up to near the peak of Mt. Jizo, and enjoy a hike around the botanical garden.
  • Sosho Rose Garden
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    Yamagata Nanyo-shi Miyauchi 4396-2
    Sosho Rose Garden is located near the top of the hill in Sosho Park, a fifteen-minute walk from Miyauchi Station on the Flower Nagai Line. About6000 roses, representing 340 varieties, are planted there. The winds blowing out of the Okitama Basin carry the fragrance of the roses far and wide, giving the garden the affectionate nickname of “the fragrant rose garden.” Many of the plants are old varieties of roses that are now hard to obtain, so the garden is popular with rose aficionados. The Nanyo Rose Festival is held from June to July.
  • Camloform Club
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    Yamagata Mogami-gun Kaneyamamachi Ariya 1247-2

Yamagata Areas

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Although often overlooked, Yamagata prefecture by no means lacks appeal: the Yamadera temple trail through the mountains, deliciously tender Yonezawa wagyu, and over 100 steaming hot springs, most notably Zao Onsen, await visitors. When winter comes, the snowcapped peaks become dotted with skiers by day and onsen-goers by night, while summer brings the celebration of juicy Yamagata cherries.

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