The Otherworldly Flowers of Hitachi Seaside Park in Japan
The Hitachi Seaside Park in Japan is one of the places that you should see before you die! Why? Can you imagine of a paradise made only of flowers? Yes! The park is that beautiful!
Located in Hitachinaka city of Ibaraki Prefecture, the Hitachi Seaside Park at the country’s eastern coast takes only a two-hour ride from Tokyo. It was converted into a flower park in 1991.
The park is famous for culturing different types of vibrant flowers all year round. It can simply be described as an artist’s palette where the colors continuously change from one season to another, making the park look like a place from another world. You will be amused to see the explosion of colors and beautiful shrubs that look like clusters of green cotton-ball in summer and dark crimson cotton candy in autumn.
The park sits on an extensive 470-acre (190 hectares) area. It features 170 varieties of tulips, millions of daffodils, an approximately 4.5 million Nemophila or baby blue eyes, roses, zinnia, cosmos, and many more.
The ‘blue sea’ of bloomed Baby Blue Eyes is probably the greatest attraction of the park, alluring many tourists and photographers from around the world. They bloom with their blue, transparent petals once annually in spring (around April) all over the verdant park, creating a stunning sea of flowers and giving the visitors an impression of standing amid powdery blue goodness. The truly mesmerizing view of this blue sea of flowers is celebrated through an event called ‘Nemophila Harmony’.
However, the Nemophila’s are not the only attraction of the park. Along with these blue flowers, tulips, Rapeseeds, and daffodils will be seen in abundance during the spring. In addition, you will see poppies, linaria, sunflowers, green kochia, zinnia, and roses in summer; cosmos, magenta-colored kochia (Bassia), and buckwheat flowers in autumn; and ice tulips and daffodils in winter. These flowers look breathtaking on the backdrop of blue skies meeting the waters of the Pacific.
If you want to explore the park, either take a bicycle ride through the cycle trails or take strolls around the winding paths while watching the gorgeous blooms and smelling their sweet scents. For a quick tour, try the small train running around the area. A small amusement park named Pleasure Garden is also inside the park where you can arrange a picnic and take a ride in Ferris wheel. The park also hosts the three-day Rock in Japan Festival, which you can catch up if you go there early August.
If you ever visit Japan, don’t forget taking a tour to the Hitachi Seaside Park and admire the carefully cultivated plot bursting with heavenly colors. The fields literally look like a page coming straight out of a fairy-tale book or like your most vivid dreams.
