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Sunflower fields with a beautiful mountainous backdrop (Photo: K2-Kaji)
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Tsunan Sunflower Festival 2025

Fields of sunflowers flanked by mountains

Venue
Tsunan Sunflower Park
When
Late Jul - Mid Aug 2025

The annual Tsunan Sunflower Festival allows visitors to enjoy the beauty of these seasonal blooms set against the backdrop of the mountainous Niigata countryside. The event boasts around 500,000 sunflowers covering a four-hectare space, along with a sunflower maze and plenty of food and drink stalls to grab a bite at.

The sunflowers will also be illuminated in the evenings from 5 pm until 9 pm during part of the festival.

Entry to the event is free of charge.

Getting there

If you're driving to the venue from Tokyo, take the Shiozawa-Ishiuchi interchange from the Kan-Etsu Expressway. The venue is approximately an hour drive from the expressway exit. On site parking is available for a fee of 300 yen for regular vehicles.

Alternatively, head to Echigo Yuzawa Station (Joetsu Shinkansen, JR Joetsu Local Line, Hokuhoku Line) and catch the bus bound for the Tsunan Public Office (approximately 45 minutes). The fields are around 2km from the bus stop itself.

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Elizabeth S 5 years ago
In my native Canada, you'll find corn mazes in summer, but a sunflower maze! What a cool idea.
Kim Author 5 years ago
Yes! Definitely a little fun and quirky! :)
Sleiman Azizi 5 years ago
The seniors home in the Ghibli film Ponyo is called Himawari (Sunflower). Just a bit of morning trivia... :)
Sleiman Azizi 5 years ago
Elena Lisina 5 years ago
Beautiful shots and amazing view! Can't imagine so many sunflowers!
Kim Author 5 years ago
Japan amazes me with how easily and abundantly beautiful things seem to grow!

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