Hitachi Seaside Park, Mawatari, Japan (with Map & Photos)

The Japanese National Hitachi Seaside Park, located in the city of Hitachinaka (Ibaraki Prefecture), arose in 1991 on the site of a former American military base and currently occupies 1.2 km.

Hitachi Seaside Park
Hitachi Seaside Park

This is a great vacation spot for the whole family - in addition to contemplating the most beautiful landscapes, you can swim in the pool, have fun in the amusement park and chat with animals in the zoo, and amazingly beautiful flowers can be seen here throughout the year. In a certain season, some kind of flower blooms in the park. Flower fields are spread on the slope of Miharashi, from where a beautiful picture of the Pacific Ocean opens up.

Hitachi Seaside Park
Hitachi Seaside Park

The park is especially famous for blue nemophiles - flowers with transparent blue petals. During the year, at a certain period, more than 5 million blue nemophiles bloom throughout the park. This period is called the harmony of the Nemophiles and thousands of enthusiastic visitors gather to see this riot of blue colors. Flower festivals are often held in the park, for which entire fields of tulips, poppies, daffodils, lilies, sakura, etc. are grown. Once a year, one of the most breathtaking festivals, "Harmony and Nemophiles", is held, when millions of nemophiles bloom on the hills in early May.

Hitachi Seaside Park
Hitachi Seaside Park

In addition to nemophiles, the park has over a million daffodils blooming among the pines, about 170 species of tulips and many other flowers. The park is covered with forests, gardens, a mini amusement park and miles of walking and cycling paths.

Hitachi Seaside Park Map