Iris Festival | Yokosuka Iris Garden
The Iris Festival celebrates beautiful blooming irises.
Please enjoy the scene of worker wearing traditional “KONGASURI” and SUGEGASA (sedge hat) picking testa, and the performance of KOTA(Japanese instruments).
KONGASURI & SUGEGASA (sedge hat)
A kind of tie-bye textile of dark-blue cloth with white splash patterns.
Information
| Date | Festival: Jun 1st – 30th Open time: Mar – Aug (9:00am – 7:00pm) Sep – Apr (9:00am – 5:00pm) Closure: Apr – Jun (No closure) Jul – Mar (Evere Monday except holiday The next day of national holiday Dec 29th to Jan 3rd) |
| Location | 18-1, Abekura Yokosuka city |
| Official website | Yokosuka SHOBUEN |
| Contact us | Tourism Division, Culture, Sports and Tourism Department, Yokosuka City |
Access – Bus between Each Station
●From Keikyu Shioiri Station
Keikyu bus from Keikyu Shioiri Station for Kinugasa via Ikegami.
From the Ikegami chugakko bus stop about a 15 minute walk.
●From JR Kinugasa Station
Keikyu bus from JR Kinugasa Station for Yokosuka Station via
Ikegami. From the Ikegami chugakko bus stop about a 15 minute walk.
●From JR Kinugasa Station
Keikyu bus from JR Kinugasa Station for Shobuen round trip.
Bus stop Shobuen.
Please take a public bus or train as it is very crowded on holidays in April to May and throughout June.
About Yokosuka Iris Garden
Cultivation of the Japanese Irises has been widespread since the time of the Edo Era, which gave birth to various kinds of new-breds of irises.
Our Iris Garden´s classifications are: Edo series, Higo series, Ise series and American series.
From late May until the beginning of July, 412 varieties with a total of 140,000 are in bloom in a 7,000㎡ field.
Please enjoy the different varieties in bloom.
Yokosuka Iris Garden Flower Calendar
Blooming flowers vary depending on the season.
January ✿
Japanese allspice 
Narcissus
February ✿
Canola flower 
Japanese witch hazel
March ✿
Christmas rose 
Grape hyacinth
Lily Magnolia
April ✿
Yoshino cherry tree
Rhododendron 
Japanese Snowball
Japanese enkianthus 
Azalea
in addition, tulips, yamabuki, etc. bloom.
May ✿
Wisteria
Wisteria
Schiller 
Tree peony
June ✿
Japanese iris
Japanese iris
Hydrangea 
Hemerocallis
July ✿
Water lily 
Lotus
August ✿
Plantain lily 
Crape myrtle
September ✿
White spider lily 
Red spider lily
In addition, hagi and small purple bloom.
October ✿
Fragrant olive
November ✿
Japanese maple 
Japanese maple
Euonymus 
Japanese enkianthus
December ✿
Camellia × hiemalis
