Kawachi Wonderland Colors

Kawachi Fuji is a private botanical garden in Japan, founded by Masao Higuchi more than 50 years ago. The garden is located in Kitakyushu City, on the wooded hills south of the central part of the city. It began with Masao's dream — to leave a living memory of himself. And from the first wisteria, which he transplanted from the village of Kawachi — it was expected to be flooded when creating a local reservoir — to the slope of a rocky hill, where he decided to set up a wisteria garden. Wisteria ("fuji" in Japanese) is a subtropical plant, a tree—like vine that produces brushes of fragrant flowers in spring. Fuji Garden has broken all records for the number of wisteria — here on an area of more than 3 thousand square meters. m. 22 species of this tree bloom in spring. There are two flower tunnels in the garden — 80 m and 110 m long. In autumn, the garden invites you to admire the gold and crimson maple trees — the "autumn" part of the park has 700 trees. The park also has an observation deck with views of bamboo groves and the "sea of petals" — a large trellis covered with wisteria, the flowers of which hang down and form a blooming roof. The park is open to the public only two seasons a year: during flowering from April to May and in autumn from September to November. Opening hours: from 8:00 to 18:00. The ticket costs from 1000 yen. Detailed information about prices can be found on the official website. At the peak of spring flowering, the wisteria garden can be loaded with visitors — advance booking of tickets may be required. How to get there There is a bus from the center of Kitakyushu from Yahata Station. But it will take another hour to walk from the final stop. The easiest way is to take a taxi. The applications Takkun, JapanTaxi, TokyoMusen work in Japan. A 15-minute trip will cost about 2000-2500 yen. #garden #flowerlover