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Irago Nanohana Garden: Nanohana Festival

Irago Nanohana Garden: Nanohana Festival

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The Yellow Fields of Atsumi Peninsula

From late January to mid-March, Aichi Prefectures’ picturesque Atsumi Peninsula becomes even more beautiful, as more than ten million Nanohana, field mustard, or rape blossoms appear, turning the entire peninsula a bright yellow!

Noted for its warmer climate, fascinating rock formations and fine beaches, the narrow strip of land 50km long and about 7km wide covers around 200 square kilometers, and as a forerunner to the arrival of spring, most of it seems to be masked in a bright yellow carpet of soft flowers. During that time, the Irago Nanohana Garden near Tahara city hosts the Atsumi Peninsula Nanohana Festival.

Work your way through a giant maze cut into the flowers, or enjoy picking Nanohana flowers. There are many Nanohana themed attractions, events and activities staged, and special menus prepared by the festival stalls and local restaurants too. Like most Japanese festivals, the sights, and the atmosphere is bright, as the Atsumi peninsula welcomes the coming of spring with bright yellow Nanohana blossom.

SPOT OVERVIEW

Location	〒441-3627 Hamayabu, Horikiri-Town, Tahara-City, Aichi
Parking	Available, free of charge (cap. 200 cars)
Restrooms	Unavailable
Date	Annually from Mid-January to late March
Phone number	0531-23-3516 (Atsumi Peninsula Visitors Bureau)

Note: This page may not be current due to update time differences between site databases.
Should accuracy be critical, please verify this information using a direct source, whenever possible.

LINK

Spot page on the Atsumi Peninsula Visitors Bureau Official Web Site (Japanese)

ACCESS

Access by public transport

-From Toyohashi Station (board the JR Tokaido Main Line or Meitetsu Nagoya Line from Nagoya Station) take the Toyotetsu Bus Irago Main Line (伊良湖本線 Irago Honsen) bound for Cape Irago (伊良湖岬 Iragomisaki) (approx. 100min ride) and get off at Cape Irago (伊良湖岬 Iragomisaki). From Iragomisaki, take the Nanohana-Shuttle Bus to Irako Nanohana Garden. Or;
-From Mikawa-Tahara Station of the Toyohashi Railways (Toyotetsu) Atsumi Line (board from Shin-Toyohashi Station, in turn reachable by JR Tokaido Main Line or Meitetsu Nagoya Line from Nagoya Station) take the Toyotetsu Bus Irago Main Line (伊良湖本線 Irago Honsen) bound for Cape Irago (伊良湖岬 Iragomisaki) (approx. 55min ride) and get off at Cape Irago (伊良湖岬 Iragomisaki). From Iragomisaki, take the Nanohana-Shuttle Bus to Irako Nanohana Garden.

Cape Irago (伊良湖岬 Iragomisaki) also reachable by fast passenger boat from Kowa Port (Chita Peninsula), Himakajima and Shinojima islands (Meitetsu Marine Sightseeing Boat), and from Toba-City (Mie Prefecture) by ferry (Isewan Ferry).
Access by car

Approx. 1 hour 20 min. southwestwards from Toyokawa I.C. of the Tomei Expressway via routes 151, 247, 23, 2 and 259.

Also reachable from Toba-City (Mie Prefecture) by ferry (Isewan Ferry), then heading east by Route 42.