Sakura Kusabue no Oka Rose Festival 2024" at the Rose Garden in Chiba, Japan

Chiba
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2024/04/19

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Sakura, Chiba, a city that still retains its satoyama landscape. The Sakura Kusabue-no-oka Rose Garden, a corridor-style rose garden that looks like an exotic place, is located at the Sakura Kusabue-no-oka Rose Garden, a facility loved by the people living in Sakura. The Rose Festival is held every year in May, when the roses are at their best, and in 2024 it will run from Sunday, May 12 to Sunday, June 2. During the festival, garden concerts and handmade goods making workshops will be held. In this issue, we will introduce some of the highlights of the Sakura Kusabue-no-oka Rose Festival 2024.

Details of "Sakura Kusabue-no-oka Rose Garden

A miniature train runs daily! Opened in 1979, the multi-purpose facility with deep-rooted popularity [Sakura Kusabue-no-oka].

Hall of Fame rose garden "Sakura Kusabue-no-oka Rose Garden

The Sakura Kusabue-no-oka Rose Garden is planted with 2,500 roses of 1,250 varieties, mainly heritage roses. Heritage roses are old roses (*2) that were created through natural crossing and breeding before the birth of wild roses and modern roses (*1). Heritage means heritage or tradition in English. As the name suggests, it means a rose with a long history and high value. At the Sakura Kusabue-no-oka Rose Garden, many volunteers manage the cultivation of roses to preserve these precious heritage roses for future generations.

1 Roses developed after "La France," a hybrid tea produced in 1867
*2 Roses produced before 1867

In 2014, the Rose Garden was inducted into the Rose Garden Hall of Fame by The Great Rosarians of the World Program of the Huntington Library, Museum and Botanical Garden in the United States. This was the first time for a rose garden to be inducted into the Rose Garden Hall of Fame in Asia. In 2015, the garden received the Outstanding Garden Award at the 17th World Congress of the World Federation of Rose Societies. The award is given to the most outstanding rose garden in the world, and Sakura Kusabue-no-oka received a perfect score in all evaluation categories.

Various corners in the park

There are 15 corners in the garden, including a corner with fragrant roses, a corner with assorted colors of roses, and a corner with roses from different countries of origin. Here are some of the corners with distinctive names.

White & Pink Corner

As the name suggests, this corner is a collection of white and pink roses. The white roses are arranged around the pink roses, making it look like a painting. White and pink are the most common colors of old roses. Most of the roses in this corner are also old roses, so the fragrance is very attractive and enchanting.

Asian species corner

It is said that roses originated around the Himalayas and spread to the northern hemisphere from there. In this corner, roses distributed from southwestern China to the Himalayas and the Middle East are planted.

Fragrance Corner

Just one step into this corner and you will be enveloped by the fragrance of roses. Most old roses have a good fragrance, but in this corner, in addition to old roses, we have also collected modern roses that have a particularly good fragrance. Why not find your favorite rose fragrance?

Dream of India

Roses created by Indian rose breeder Mr. and Mrs. Viru Viragavan are planted here. This corner is filled with the couple's dream of "roses that grow well even in tropical regions. We will keep an eye on the future growth of the roses.

Sakura Kusabue-no-oka Rose Festival 2024

The Sakura Kusabue-no-oka Rose Festival 2024 will be held from May 12 (Sun) to June 2 (Sun), 2024, coinciding with the best time to see the roses. During the event, rose-related events and garden concerts will be held. A special bus service will also be available on Saturdays and Sundays during the festival.

Event Information

There will be live concerts by singer-songwriter Yunami Yu, whose clear whisper voice is known as a soothing cotton voice, and piano concerts by Masashi Mizuto, who has released "The Rose: Famous Songs Named after Roses" and is active as a "rose pianist" performing at numerous rose gardens. He has performed at numerous rose gardens and is known as a "rose pianist!

There will also be hands-on classes and sales of rose motifs in the form of tall paintings and clay crafts. How about a souvenir or a commemorative gift?

Details of "Sakura Kusabue-no-oka Rose Festival 2024

Period: May 12 (Sun.) - June 2 (Sun.), 2024
■Entrance Fees (Individual)
Preschoolers: Free
Children (elementary and junior high school students): 100 yen
Adults (high school students and above): 410 yen
■Entrance Fees (Group) *20 or more people
Preschoolers: Free
Children (elementary and junior high school students): 70 yen
Adults (high school students and above): 290 yen
*Free admission for disabled persons and their caregivers (1 person) Free admission up to 1 person
■Free extra bus
5/12 (Sun), 18 (Sat), 19 (Sun), 25 (Sat), 26 (Sun), 6/1 (Sat), 2 (Sun)
*This bus runs from the north exit of Keisei Sakura Station to Kusabue-no-oka.
Please visit the official website of Kusabue-no-oka for more information.

A moment of healing in Sakura's Rose Garden

We introduced "Sakura Kusabue-no-oka Rose Garden," which is recognized around the world. You can learn about the history and types of roses while appreciating them. Why don't you enjoy various kinds of roses at the Sakura Kusabue-no-oka Rose Garden?

Location

Sakura Kusabue-no-oka, 820 Iino, Sakura-shi, Chiba 285-0003, Japan

Access

Take the Uchigo route of the Sakura City Community Bus from the north exit of Keisei Sakura Station (10 minutes), get off at the "Kusabue-no-oka" stop, and walk about 3 minutes.

*The contents and services in this article are subject to change.

*All images are for reference only.

For reservations of train + accommodation "Chiba (Boso) Area", please contact 【 JR East View Dynamic Rail Package 】

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