If you love to admire spectacular landscapes, you should definitely head to Japan and go visit Hitachi Seaside Park. Hitachi Seaside Park is located on the Pacific Ocean side of the Japanese coast. It spread out across 350 hectares. This vast park is home to thousands of blooms and draws millions of tourists throughout the year and it incorporates a unique natural environment of sand dunes, forests, grasslands and springs. This unique natural park is characterised by a wonderful flora that fills up Hitachi with different colours every month.Hitachi Seaside Park is one of the few nature reserves in the world to feature different kinds of flowers blooming in different periods of the year.
Because Hitachi Seaside Park grows hundreds of distinct flower species, the month you visit can greatly impact the kind of park you see. The park's iconic flower is the blue nemophila, which covers Miharashi Hill in the spring and mimics the colour of the sky. The flowers are usually at their peak from late April to mid-May.Near the park's main entrance is a large forested area featuring the Suisen Garden where narcissus usually bloom from mid-March, while across the lake tulips bloom usually around late April. Although the nemophila are the most well-known of the park's flowers, assorted other flowers bloom throughout most of the year.Sometimes its hills are rainbow-striped, with more than 260 tulip species on display. At other times, when four-and-a-half million nemophila make an appearance in what’s called “Nemophila Harmony,” the park turns monochromatic blue.Paths crisscross the hill providing views over the Pacific Ocean and the rest of the park.You can take a picture of a hill covered with bright magenta-coloured plants called kochia (also called ‘bassia’ in English) in the fall season. This hill is covered by green kochia bushes which slowly turn red as the weather turns cooler.These autumnal colours are usually best from early to mid-October.Kochia was planted around the place called “Miharashi no oka - lookout hill”. As the name indicates, you can the best view from there.When you look down the magenta carpet from the hilltop on one side and also you can enjoy the view of the Pacific Ocean on the other! To add a nice colour gradation, lots of cosmos were planted among the kochia. Trust me, you'll fall in love with this mesmerizing view at the first sight. As flowers are seasonal highlights, the park can be enjoyed year round.
During the fall season, a lot of people get out from Tokyo to enjoy koyo (trees changing colours). There are so many places to see beautiful koyo. But Hakone in Kanagawa and Nikko in Tochigi are two of the best-known places for it, and even hot springs attract leaf-viewers. Hitachi Seaside Park also features a small amusement park with over 25 rides and attractions, including a 100 meter tall Ferris wheel, putter golf, a BMX course and a roller coaster among others. Most of the rides and activities require extra fees.If while you’re there you get hungry, there are several restaurants, positioned around the perimeter of the park, offering delectable and affordable meals.And a BBQ area is available for picnics.Due to the size of the park, there are two other methods of getting around besides walking.
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Rental bicycles are available starting from 400 yen for three hours of use, and almost eleven kilometres of cycling paths - separate from pedestrian paths - allow easy access to the different areas of the park. While at Hitachi Seaside Park, you can also go for a train ride along the coast and breathe in some fresh marine breeze, or for a bike ride around the park.Visitors can see everything from roses and daffodils to zinnias and poppies and can feast their eyes (and feet!) on a scenic train route and cycling tours, as well as a giant “flower ring” Ferris wheel.
Hitachi Seaside Park is located in Hitachinaka, a city about 130 kilometres northwest of Tokyo. When planning to go to Hitachi Seaside Park, you can visit either by train or bus. To get there by train, you can leave from Tokyo taking an express train to Ajigaura Station, and from there 20 minutes walk to the park. To get there by bus you can take a direct highway buses connect Tokyo Station with Hitachi Seaside Park. The one-way ride takes about 2.5 hours. If you are actually travelling to Japan, you should include Hitachi Seaside Park on your “must-see” list, as the atmosphere surrounding the whole place is absolutely magical and wonderful, featuring colourful flowers covering the ground with a carpet of delicate petals.
This park is close in Mondays from November 1 to March 25, June 1 to July 20, and September 1 to 30 (or Tuesday if Monday is a national holiday), first Tuesday in February for the 4 days following.December 31 to January 1.
