While most visitors flock to Japan's major wisteria gardens (like Ashikaga) in late April, a similar scene can be had for a fraction of the crowds at the lovely wisteria garden just next to the Museum of Ancient Burial Mounds in Yamaga. The park consists of a gentle walking path that passes under five trellises, each one graced with a different variety of wisteria. The colors range from white to dark pink to different hues of purple; some of the varieties are actual quite rare in Japan. There is parking on-site for about two dozen vehicles and a restaurant nearby that serves an affordable set lunch. It's best to bring your own food, however, and picnic on the benches beneath the blooms.
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Wisteria Garden in Yamaga
Hidden garden awash with shades of purple
By Mandy Bartok
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Olga
9 years ago
Wisteria is already so beautiful! It's like a second sakura for me.
I have been out of Japan the past two years during the wisteria's blooming season so I am very very happy to have caught it this year!
Yui Yamaguchi
9 years ago
The wisteria is also used for fabric pattern's in history. There is kabuki number called fuji musume (wisteria girl). The photos reminded of me of that.
Thanks for sharing that, Yui! I had no idea it had ties with kabuki.
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