16 Culture Shiroyama Park in Southern Chiba Jessica A Paje you’re up for a great hike, Shiroyama boasts several paths lined with azalea
13 Culture Chishaku-in Temple’s Inner Garden Tomoko Kamishima A small hill covered with well-trimmed azaleas is right before your eyes
8 Culture Nishiyama Park, Sabae Larry Knipfing This is a lovely park, known for it cherry blossoms in April, and azaleas in May. There are also a number of festivals held in the park year round.
Food Coffee at the Adachi Museum of Art Tristan Scholze The low, rounded bushes are macranthum azaleas, known as satsuki in Japanese... The small reddish shrubs are another azalea, dodan-tsutsuji, which produces
Activities Noko Island Park Isamu Yoneda Enjoy a picnic overlooking Hakata Bay decorated by a flood of Rape Blossoms or take a dream-like stroll through the Azalea Garden.
6 Culture A Springtime Wedding in Kyoto Bonson Lam festivities of the cherry viewing or hanami season, the streets and canals are filled with the warm fragrance of the spring shoots; with the blooming azaleas
10 Activities Nikko’s Ryuzu-no-taki Falls Tomoko Kamishima The best seasons are early summer when it is adorned with pink azaleas,
12 Culture Yamanaka-jo Castle Park, Mishima Peter Sidell fresh air and birdsong and, in season, lavishly colorful flowers like azaleas