Iris Gardens

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.

Approximately 800 cherry trees bloom along a 4-kilometer stretch of the Meguro River flowing through Shinagawa and Meguro wards in Tokyo. During the roughly 4-day nighttime illumination period, approximately 900,000 visitors experience the spectacle, making it a defining Tokyo spring tourism event. Riverside promenades are popular for strolls, representing urban natural beauty centrally located in Tokyo.

A fireworks festival held annually in August in Iga, Mie Prefecture, featuring approximately 3,000 fireworks illuminating the night sky above the Iga River. The display beautifully illuminates the historic castle town landscape that flourished during the Warring States period. With over 400 years of tradition, it stands as a quintessential summer icon for the region, attracting numerous visitors.

A plum blossom festival held from late February to early March at Umeyashiki Park in Ota Ward, Tokyo. Features approximately 370 plum trees, including rare varieties and ancient specimens over 100 years old. A historic plum viewing spot since the Edo period, it marks the arrival of spring in the community.

A summer festival held in August in Tsuyama, Okayama Prefecture. Vigorous portable shrines and lantern-lit festival floats illuminate the castle town's summer evenings over three days. Maintaining the atmosphere of a Sengoku-period castle town, it attracts about 200,000 visitors as a representative seasonal event.

Approximately 2,000 hydrangea plants blooming in early summer at the Hakone Sekisho historical site in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture. Cherished as an early summer tradition within a landscape preserving Edo-period checkpoint atmosphere. The hydrangeas backdrop with Lake Ashi and Mt. Fuji provide visitors with changing seasonal vistas throughout the year.