Suzuka Forest Garden

The view of weeping plum blossoms blooming with the Suzuka Mountain Range in the background is spectacular.

Table of Contents

1 About Suzuka Forest Garden
2 The best time to visit
3 Access
4 Park entry cost
5 ✼ LIGHT UP ✼
6 Information

About Suzuka Forest Garden

Plum Flowers are blossom in Japan from February to March.
Like the Cherry blossom, the plum trees also have many kind of colors and flowers.

One of the kind of plum trees called “weeping trees” (In Japanese – weeping means Shidare 枝垂れ)
※(it has also in cherry blossom this kind of trees – 枝垂れ梅・枝垂れ桜)
And believe it or not, they are as beautiful as cherry blossoms. (In my opinion, even more beautiful then the Cherry Blossom)
Suzuka Forest Garden Weeping Plum Blossom Festival is definitely the best place to enjoy plum blossoms (Ume 梅 in Japanese) in Japan.

In Mie prefecture, in a city called Suzuka, there is a park called Suzuka Forest Garden （鈴鹿の森庭園 – Suzuka No Mori Teien）

The park is a home to about 200 weeping plum trees which is one of the largest sites for plum blossoms in Japan. The garden and plum trees are landscaped and maintained by experienced gardeners regularly. From white to vivid pink, plum blossoms in various colours flourish beautifully at the garden and create the picturesque scenery.

The best time to visit

Suzuka Forest Garden Plum Blossom Festival is held annually during the season usually from mid February to late March.
The best viewing time for plum blossoms is usually from early March. (We went there twice at end of the weekend of February to the start of March)

Access

Since the garden is pretty distanced from nearest train station (Komono Station),
the most recommended way to access is by self driving.
There is so much parking area near the park (about 200 cars can park), and it`s free.

On the festival duration., there is shuttle bus from Yokkaichi Station. It takes about 40 minutes by bus. And there is only 3 times a day bus so need to check the bus hours carefully.
The bus fee cost about ￥750 for one way.

Park entry cost

The park is not so big. So about 2 hours is enough to look around and enjoy the beautiful blossom.
The park entrance fee are changing deepened on the peak of the flowers. If you come before the peak season, the entrance fee will costs about ￥700 . During the peak days, the costs of course get up and the price became the highest ￥1700 .
> If you want to get out and then back to the park, the tickets will costs even more – ￥2,000 .