Iris Festival | Yokosuka Iris Garden
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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.
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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
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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 SHOBUEN MAP](https://www.guidoor.jp/yokosuka/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ここヨコサムネイル一覧-24.png)
Yokosuka Iris Garden Flower Calendar
Blooming flowers vary depending on the season.
January ✿
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February ✿
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March ✿
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April ✿
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in addition, tulips, yamabuki, etc. bloom.
May ✿
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June ✿
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July ✿
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August ✿
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September ✿
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In addition, hagi and small purple bloom.
October ✿
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November ✿
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December ✿
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