This garden is in the Suigoh-Tsukuba national park. The area is about six hectares with plants in the waterside such as iridaceous, lotus etc.
In June, 1.5 million Iris blooms here -- this number is No.1 in Orients --, and iris festival in Sawara is held.
In July, The Lotus flower festival that collects 300 kinds or more un usual Egyptian beans from China is held.
You can come round with the boat in the garden for the period of iris festival in Sawara.
Do you understand the difference among "Ayame", "Kakitsubata", and "Hanashoubu"? You would understands surely if coming here. The scene from the boat is the best.
Wisteria flower viewing is done in the first ten days of May. The tunnel of the wistaria of 100m in length is a masterpiece.
The plus information
The nearby sights
The sights a little way off
- Historic street of Sawara(National landscape conservation area)
- Memorial hall of Inoh Tadataka
- historic house of Inoh Tadataka
- The museum of festival float in Sawara
- Kampukuji-temple
- The Katori Shrine
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links
- Reference
- iris festival in Sawara
- Lotus flower festival
- Sawara area
- Katori City Official site
- The Sawara Aquatic Botanical garden
Data
- Name
- The Sawara Aquatic Botanical garden
- place
- 1837-2, Oogishima, Katori City
- Closing
Mondays and year end-new year
open everyday in May - August.
- Time
Iris festival in Sawara 8:00-19:00(to 21:00 on the weekend)
Lotus flower festival 8:00 - 16:00
Other periods 9:00 - 16:30
- [admission] fee
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May-August, excpt Iris festival period : adult 500 yen (group [over 20] : 400yen each), below junior high school student : 250 yen,(group [20 people or more] : 200 yen each)
period of Iris festival: adult 700 yen (group [over 20] : 600 yen each), below junior high school student: 350 yen(group [over 20]: 300 yen each)
September-April : adult 200 yen (group [over 20] : 150 yen each), below junior high school student: 100 yen(group [over 20]: 70 yen each)
- Access
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By train and bus : Getting off at Sawara Station, JR Narita-line. And on Kan-Tetsu sightseeing bus for Itako, getting off at Aquatic Botanical garden, 5 minutes on foot.
the bus : about six a day.
By car : Higashi Kanto Expressway, 20 minutes from Sawara-Katori exit, or 25 minutes from Taiei exit.
By High-way bus: Kanto Railways Green Bus from Tokyo Station for Hokota-station, getting off at Yodaura, Aquatic Botanical garden, 5 minutes on foot.
Keisei bus, from Hamamatsu-cho, or Tokyo-station, by way of Sawara, for Choshi, getting off at Sawara station north exit.
The shuttle bus has been operated from Sawara Station to the garden for the Iris festival period. (adult 500 yen)
- Parking
- Free parking, 1000 standard-sized cars, 40 large-size cars
- Souvenir
- fish boiled in soy sauce, pickles, local sake, sweet potato cake, and Japanese cloth etc.
- Inquiries
- Katori City Sightseeing division; Tel.0478-50-1212
- The Sawara Aquatic Botanical garden; Tel.0478-56-0411
- note
- There is a rest room for the physically handicapped person.