{"id":61558,"date":"2021-04-10T15:43:46","date_gmt":"2021-04-10T06:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?p=61558"},"modified":"2024-05-20T11:56:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T02:56:00","slug":"chichibu-shibazakura-flower-festival-near-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/chichibu-shibazakura-flower-festival-near-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chichibu Spring Flower Festival Close to Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On the warm weekend nights of Japanese summers, the skies are lit up with awe-inspiring bursts of fireworks, some displays going on for nearly an hour. Truly Japan loves its colors, but a few months earlier, the colorful displays take place at ground level and last much longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Various areas of Japan are famous for their floral displays in Spring and early Summer: the ocean of nemophila at Hitachi Seaside Park in Ibaraki<\/a><\/strong>, the rainbow-striped rolling flower fields of Biei in Hokkaido<\/a><\/strong>, the gorgeous azaleas in Matsumoto Azalea Park in Nagasaki<\/strong><\/a>. There are peach farms in Yamanashi<\/a> and sakura and baby blue eyes in Oita<\/a>. Tucked away on a hillside a little over an hour from Tokyo is the pride of Saitama’s Chichibu city<\/strong>, the moss phlox shibazakura flower festival<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chichibu’s Shibazakura Flower Festival<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Boarding the Seibu Line limited express train at Ikebukuro station<\/strong>, you’re in for a treat. Seibu recently upgraded their fleet of limited express trains to the LaView<\/strong>, a train that resembles a bullet even more than the actual bullet train. This sleek, space-aged beauty will deliver you to Chichibu in about 80 minutes while you enjoy it comfortable wrap-around seats and views of the forest-covered mountains from its near floor-to-ceiling windows. Note that consuming food and drink is acceptable on this train if you want to bring along a snack for the ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n