In all seasons except Winter, Ashikaga Flower Park in Tochigi Prefecture is a wonderland of gorgeous seasonal flowers including one of the largest wisteria that blooms for a few weeks in the Spring. But in Winter, the park must transform itself into a carnival of lights, over 3.5 million in 2016, to become one of…
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Disneysea Electric Railway
If you ever wanted to ride a train passing a Mediterranean town, American waterfront and an active volcano in one day, this is probably the only train that can do it. Part of the Tokyo Disneysea park, sister to next door neighbor Disneyland, this fully electric railway carries park passengers on an elevated track across…
Kiyosumi Garden
Perhaps one of the most under-rated Japanese traditional gardens in Tokyo, Kiyosumi Garden is a beauty of a park in Eastern Tokyo. Originally the property of an Edo period merchant family, it became a public park in 1932. Kiyosumi gardens best feature are its plentiful landscape rocks, highly valued in Japanese landscaping. Many of these…
Moerenuma Park
In the world of man-made parks, few can rival the beauty of Moerenuma Park in Sapporo. Artist Isamu Noguchi designed the park as one huge sculpture, built on the site of a waste treatment plant. Vast areas of green space are broken up by amazing geometric play structures, water features and even a 100m hill that…
Toshimaen
If you are in search of the fastest, most modern roller coasters in the world…you may want to skip Japan. With few exceptions, amusement park rides in Japan are about equivalent to state fair rides in America. This means Japanese amusement parks have to be a little more creative with their marketing. For example, Toshimaen,…
Zombies
When the weather turns nice in Tokyo, the zombies awaken from their hibernation to fulfill their most carnal desire: a walk in Yoyogi Park. Yes, the Tokyo zombies are out for their walk on a Spring Saturday afternoon. The exact date varies from year to year, so you’ll have to keep an eye on local sources…
Chichibu Shibazakura
Every year for about six weeks, a mountainside park about 90 minutes outside of Tokyo turns into a controlled explosion of pink, white and lavender flowers. They are shibazakura 芝桜 , known as phlox in English, and they grow like a carpet of flowers against the mountain backdrop of Saitama. Chichibu is a town in…
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