Erythronium Japonicum
Asian Skunk Cabbage
Tulip
Japanese Apricot
Moss Phlox
Azalea
Lilac
Japanese Wisteria
Rape blossoms
Lupin
Lily of the Valley
Primitive Flower Garden
Alpine Plants
Spring Flowers
(April – June)
Erythronium Japonicum
Katakuri (late April – early May)
Spots to be seen
> Asahikawa : Otokoyama Nature Park
> Fukagawa: Maruyama Park
> Hakodate：Miharashi Park (Kosetsuen)
> Hokuto: Takuminomori Park
> Niseko: Sakuragaoka Park
> Nakasatsunai Village: Rokka no Mori
Asian Skunk Cabbage
Mizubasho (late April to mid-May)
Spots to be seen
> Ishikari: Makumbetsu Marsh
> Onuma: Onuma National Park
> Kamikawa：Kiyokawa Skunk Cabbage Garden
> Abira: Tomioka Skunk Basho Garden
> Abashiri: Lake Abashiri, Yobitori Bird-watching Trail
> Yubetsu: Skunk cabbage colony
Tulip
Tulips (early May to early June)
Spots to be seen
> Kikonai：Saraki Cape Tulip Garden
> Sapporo：Maruyama Park
> Sapporo：Yurigahara Park
> Sapporo：Takino Suzuran Hillside Park
> Biei : Shikisaino-Oka
> Obihiro：Shichiku Garden
> Yubetsu：Tulip Park
There are said to be as many as 2,000 varieties of tulips, which come in a variety of colors and shapes, and they are often seen in flower beds throughout Hokkaido.
Japanese Apricot
Spots to be seen
> Sapporo : Hiraoka Park
> Mikasa : Mikasa Asuka Plum Grove
> Sobetsu : Sobetsu Park
> Shintoku : Karikatsu Kogen Park Ume Garden
Moss Phlox
Shiba-zakura (Japanese white cherry)
(mid-May to mid-June)
Spots to be seen
> Ohzora : Higashimokoto Shiba-zakura Park
> Takinoue : Shiba-zakura Takinoue Park
> Nayoro : Hokkaido Sunpillar Park
> Kutchan : Mishima-sanchi no Shiba-zakura
> Kikonai : Satsukari Murakami Shibazakura Park
“Shibazakura” are often planted in parks and gardens because they are resistant to cold and easy to propagate.
The view of pink and white flowers that cover the ground as thickly as a lawn is breathtaking.
Azalea
Tsutsuji (mid-May to late June)
Spots to be seen
> Hakodate : Esan Azalea Park (about 600,000 azaleas)
> Kitami : Rubeshibe Azalea Park (about 280,000 azaleas)
> Otaru : Otaru Park
> Hiroo : Hiroo-cho Daimaruyama Forest Park
> Teshikaga : Tsutsujigahara Nature Trail
Lilac
Spots to be seen
> Sapporo : Odori Park
> Sapporo : Kawashimo Park
> Sapporo : Soseigawa Park
> Yubetsu : Okhotsk Rila Road
Famous as the flower that heralds early summer, the flower comes in white, pink, and purple. When this flower, also called “lilas,” blooms, it often cools down, which is called “lilac chill.
The Sapporo Lilac Festival is held in Sapporo Odori Park every year in late May.
Japanese Wisteria
Spots to be seen
> Hakodate : Goryokaku Park
> Engaru : Maruseppu Wisteria Garden
> Sapporo : Yurigahara Park
> Sapporo : Maeda Forest Park
> Sobetsu : Wisteria trellis in Toyako Park
> Taiki : Hakurin Park
Rape blossoms
Spots to be seen
> Takikawa : Ebeotsu area
> Abira : Rape Blossom Field
> Kutchan : Mishima-sanchi no Rape blossoms
> Iwamizawa : Rape blossom field in Kurisawa district
> Kaminokuni : Windmill Hill
Lupin
Lupinus (early June to early July)
Spots to be seen
> Takinoue : Fragrance Village Herb Garden
> Nanae : Higashi-Onuma Campground near Kitagawa Shoten
> Kamifurano : Flowerland Kamifurano
> Biei : Shikisaino-Oka
> Numata : Lupinus at Moe-no-oka
> Akabira : Akabira Mountain Lupine Garden
Lily of the Valley
One of the representative flowers of early summer in Hokkaido, the fragrant little bell-like flowers are very popular.
In particular, the wild tin lily colony in the town of Hiratori, which stretches at the foot of Horoshiri-dake Mountain, is the largest in Japan at about 15 hectares.
Suzuran (late May to mid-June)
Spots to be seen
> Biratori : Memu Suzuran colony
> Sapporo : National Takino Suzuran Hillside Park
Primitive Flower Garden
Flowers in the Primitive Flower Garden
Spots to be seen
> Betsukai : Notsuke Peninsula Primitive Flower Garden
> Shari : Ikushina Primitive Flower Garden
> Koshimizu: Koshimizu Primeval Flower Garden
> Akkeshi : Ayamegahara Primitive Flower Garden
> Kitami : Wakka Primitive Flower Garden
> Nemuro : Northern primeval flower garden
> Toyotomi : Sarobetsu Primeval Flower Garden
Alpine Plants
Alpine Flora of Rishiri and Rebun
Spots to be seen
> Rishiri Rebun Sarobetsu National Park
> Rebun Alpine Botanical Garden
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