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Iwazu Temmangu Shrine Plum Blossom Festival

Okazaki-City Iwazu Temmangu Shrine Plum Blossom Festival

Date : Early Feb–mid-Mar

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A historic temple framed by pristine plum blossoms

Around 400 plum trees blossom into beautiful spring hues all around Iwazu Temmangu Shrine's premises, including its Higashiyama Plum Garden, next to the Ni no Torii Gate and in the Jimbashi Plum Garden. The Higashiyama Plum Garden offers awe-inspiring walks around reproductions of renowned lanterns from around Japan commemorating and congratulating emperors' accessions to the thrown.

Plum trees donated from famous Temmangu Shrines around the country are available to view at the Higashiyama Plum Garden. The areas of Japan and those Temmangu Shrine names are available below:
Kyoto: Kitano Temmangu Shrine / Fukuoka: Dazaifu Temmangu Shrine / Tokyo: Yushima Temmangu Shrine and Kameido Tenjin Shrine / Osaka: Osaka Temmangu Shrine and Domyoji Temmangu Shrine / Kochi: Ushioe Temmangu Shrine / Yamaguchi: Hofu Temmangu Shrine

Date	: Early Feb–mid-Mar, 2026 Note: • Actual festival period may vary due to the flowers' conditions.
Holding time	: Gardens: Around 9:30 am–4:30 pm
Place	: Iwazu Temmangu Shrine
Location	: 〒444-2144 53 Higashiyama, Iwazu-cho, Okazaki-shi, Aichi

Date

: Early Feb–mid-Mar, 2026

Note:
• Actual festival period may vary due to the flowers' conditions.

Holding time

: Gardens: Around 9:30 am–4:30 pm

Place

: Iwazu Temmangu Shrine

Location

: 〒444-2144
53 Higashiyama, Iwazu-cho, Okazaki-shi, Aichi

Parking	: Available, free of charge
Restrooms	: Available
Phone number	: 0564-45-2525 (Iwazu Temmangu Shrine Office, available 9:00 am–5:00 pm)
Note	: Please observe the plum blossoms with consideration to others.

Parking

: Available, free of charge

Restrooms

: Available

Phone number

: 0564-45-2525 (Iwazu Temmangu Shrine Office, available 9:00 am–5:00 pm)

Note

: Please observe the plum blossoms with consideration to others.

ACCESS

Access by public transport: • From Higashi Okazaki Station on the Meitetsu Nagoya Line (board form Meitetsu Nagoya Station), take the Meitetsu Bus bound for one of the following destinations (look for Bus Stop No. 4 on the north side of Higashi Okazaki Station): Okutono Jinya, Tomei Iwazu, Mikawa-Kamigo Station, Kawamukai, or Asuke. Get off at Iwazu Tenjin-Guchi Bus Stop and walk 12 min. (800 m) east.

• From Mikawa-Kamigo Station on the Aichi Loop Line (board from Kozoji, Setoshi, Yakusa, Shin-Toyota, Naka-Okazaki, or Okazaki Stations), take the Meitetsu Bus bound for Higashi Okazaki Station. Get off at Iwazu Tenjin-Guchi Bus Stop and walk 12 min. (800 m) east.

Access by car: Approx. 11 min. (4.5 km) south from Toyota-Higashi Interchange on the Isewangan Expressway via Route 248.

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