Kawachi Wisteria Garden

Shizuoka's first-flush tea (shincha) harvest season spanning mid-April through early summer. Spring's rainy climate creates optimal conditions for producing high-quality tea with distinctive aroma and deep flavor. Tea-picking experiences and tea festivals attract tourists, making this season a symbol of Japanese tea culture.

A privately-owned wisteria garden in Yao, Osaka Prefecture. Cultivating over 2,000 wisteria vines of approximately 22 varieties, including ancient plants exceeding 150 years old. From late April to early May, purple, white, and pink flowers reach full bloom, allowing visitors to walk through tunnel-like canopies of wisteria flowers. Gained rapid popularity through social media in recent years.

Wisteria blooms from late April to May, creating purple curtains on trellises at renowned spots like Ashikaga Flower Park and Kawachi Fujien. Social media has spread their beauty worldwide, making them increasingly popular with international visitors in recent years.

A spring flower park with fantastical great wisteria trellises. The only Japanese site selected as CNN's 'Dream Destination.' The illuminated wisteria shower is breathtakingly beautiful.

Hydrangeas bloom vibrantly during the rainy season, especially popular at temple settings such as Meigetsuin and Hasedera in Kamakura. The sight of rain-kissed hydrangeas has become a beloved seasonal landscape symbolizing Japan's tsuyu rainy season.

A traditional Japanese early-summer custom of watching fireflies emit their ethereal glow along pristine streams at night. Also a symbol of environmental conservation, firefly festivals are held across the country. It offers a uniquely Japanese seasonal experience of living in harmony with nature.