Ume Festival to be held in 2023! It looks like a carpet of plum blossoms! Yugawara Plum Grove "Ume-no-En

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Ume-no-En (Plum Blossom Banquet) at Yugawara Plum Grove
Ume-no-En (Plum Blossom Festival)" will be held at Yugawara Plum Grove from February 4 (Sat) to March 12 (Sun), 2023. The entire area of the Yugawara Plum Grove will be covered with red and white plum blossoms, a springtime tradition. Why don't you go and feel spring early, surrounded by the faint scent of plum blossoms?
Carpet of Plum Trees in Yugawara Plum Grove

Yugawara Plum Grove

Yugawara Plum Grove is a nature-rich park located at the foot of "Makuyama" where magnificent natural scenery can be seen. Visitors can enjoy flowers all year round: plum blossoms and cherry blossoms in spring, hydrangeas in summer, kumquats in fall, and sasanquas in winter.

During the Yugawara Plum Blossom Festival "Plum Blossom Banquet" held every year from early February to mid-March, approximately 4,000 white and red plum trees bloom in profusion, filling the park with the sweet scent of plum blossoms. The whole park is enveloped in the sweet scent of plum blossoms! It is a spectacular sight.
Yugawara Plum Grove at Makuyama Park

Hiking course surrounded by plum trees

During the "Plum Blossom Party," the hiking course is filled with plum blossoms! The walking distance is about 5.0 km, and the walking time is 155 minutes, making this course suitable for beginners. The course is suitable for beginners and takes about 5.0 km (155 min.), and visitors can enjoy the plum blossoms along the way to the summit. The view of Sagaminada Sea from the summit is spectacular! If you are confident in your physical strength, why not give hiking a try?
Yugawara Plum Grove Map

Ume-no-En (Plum Blossom Banquet) at Yugawara Plum Grove

During the "Ume-no-Entei" (Plum Blossom Festival), in addition to enjoying the ume blossoms, various other events will be held that will make you feel Yugawara and its ume blossoms.

Stalls where you can enjoy Yugawara's local specialties

During the "Ume-no-Entei", you can also visit booths where you can enjoy Yugawara's specialties! You can enjoy plum blossoms with your eyes and then satisfy your hunger as well, with ume soft-serve ice cream perfect for the "Ume-no-Entei" and delicious amazake after a cold winter stroll.
Booths
Ume soft ice cream

Events are held on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays!

At the opening ceremony, the Yugawara Geigi Association, which has added color to the history of Yugawara, will perform a "Geigi Dance! On Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays during the "Ume-no-Entei", many events related to Yugawara and its plum grove will be held, such as "Ume-bayashi Kyogen" and "Ume-bayashi Rakugo".
Geigi Dance" by Yugawara Geigi Association

Get a head start on spring in Yugawara

The "Ume-no-En" plum festival at the Yugawara Plum Grove is filled with plum blossoms and sweet fragrance. After enjoying ume blossoms, you can relax in Yugawara's hot springs! Why not visit Yugawara, which is so accessible that you can even make a day trip from Tokyo?

【Outline】
Period: Saturday, February 4, 2023 - Sunday, March 12, 2023
Hours: 9:00 - 16:00
Admission: 200 yen for admission (except junior high school students aged 15 and over)
For train + lodging reservations in Hakone-Odawara-Yugawara area, please refer to the JR East View Dynamic Rail Package.
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