I will show you how to visit two popular flower parks in 12 hours from Tokyo.
☑2 hours in Ashikaga Flower Park
☑2 hours in Hitachi Seaside Park
This is such a busy trip. But if you want to visit both but you have only one day, this trip plan will fit in your trip plan.
All train trips are covered by JR Pass, JR East Pass Tohoku, JR East Pass Nagano Niigata, Tokyo Wide Pass and JR-East South Hokkaido Rail Pass. You have to add bus fares for visiting Hitachi Seaside Park only.
Overview
You will visit Ashikaga Flower Park at first because it opens earlier than Hitachi Seaside Park.
Itinerary
| Time | Place and transporation |
|---|---|
| 07:44 | Tokyo station |
| (The Tohoku Shinkansen Yamabiko 205) | |
| 08:27 / 08:45 | Oyama station |
| (Ryomo line local train) | |
| 09:25 | Ashikaga Flower Park station |
| (2 hours sightseeing in the park) | |
| 11:49 | Ashikaga Flower Park station |
| (Ryomo line local train) | |
| 12:23 / 13:03 | Oyama station |
| (Mito line local train) | |
| 14:08 / 14:11 | Tomobe station |
| (Joban line local train) | |
| 14:30 / 14:40 | Katsuta station |
| (Ibaraki Kotsu Bus) | |
| 15:00 | Hitachi Seaside Park West Entrance |
| (2 hours sightseeing in the park) | |
| 17:16 | Hitachi Seaside Park West Entrance |
| (Ibaraki Kotsu Bus) | |
| 17:35 / 17:47 | Katsuta station |
| (The limited express Tokiwa 84) | |
| 19:17 | Tokyo station |
Highlight
Ashikaga Flower Park
This park is one of the best places to see westerias. Especially 80m long wisteria tunnel is amazing. The season to see this is mid April to mid May.
This park holds a light up event from late October. It is not a season to see flowers. But you can enjoy watching beautiful lights. If you want to watch this light up event, you have to visit Hitachi Seaside Park at first.
Ashikaga Flower Park official site
Hitachi Seaside Park
You can enjoy many kinds of flowers in the huge park. Especially nemophila (mid April to early May) and kochia (mid October) seasons are amazing.
Hitachi Seaside Park official site
Travel cost
All train trips are covered by JR Pass, JR East Pass Tohoku, JR East Pass Nagano Niigata, JR-East South Hokkaido Rail Pass and Tokyo Wide Pass.
| Trip | Cost |
|---|---|
| The Tohoku Shinkansen from Tokyo to Oyama | Covered |
| Ryomo line local train from Oyama to Ashikaga Flower Park | Covered |
| Ashikaga Flower Park admission fee ( It is varide by a season.) | 300 to 1,800 yen |
| Ryomo line local train from Ashikaga Flower Park to Oyama | Covered |
| Mito line local train from Oyama to Tomobe | Covered |
| Joban line local train from Tomobe to Katsuta | Covered |
| Ibaraki Kotsu Bus from Katsuta to Seaside Park West Entrance | 100 yen |
| Hitachi Seaside Park admission fee ( It is varide by a season.) | 450 to 700 yen |
| Ibaraki Kotsu Bus from Seaside Park West Entrance to Katsuta | 100 yen |
| The limited express Tokiwa from Katsuta to Tokyo | Covered |
| Total cost | 950 to 2,700 yen |
Summary
It is busy but you can make it in 12 hours. It is easily to put this in your trip plan if you have one free day.
You may download this itinerary in Excel file (.xlsx file) and customize it. Please download it at the link below:
I hope this sample gives you an idea to build your trip plan.
