Seasonal flowers guide in Kamakura and Enoshima

December to January

Tulip [チューリップ]

January to February

Japanese Plum [梅 (Ume)]

February and March to April

Cherry [桜 (Sakura)]

May to June

False baindweed [浜昼顔 (Hama hirugao)]

Rose [薔薇 (Bara)]

June to July

Hydrangea [紫陽花 (Ajisai)]

November to December

Autumn Colors [紅葉 (Koyo)]

Other seasonal flowers

Japanese Plum [梅 (Ume)] is one of the representing flowers of the early spring of Japan.
The typical color of the flower is pink or white and blooms from the middle of January to March in Kamakura and Enoshima.
Japanese Plum trees are often planted in the precincts of the temples and the shrines.

Where is the good place to see Japanese Plum?

• Goryo Jinja Shrine in west mountain side of Hase town, Kamakura
• Hasedera Temple in Hase town, Kamakura
• Kosokuji Temple in neighbourhood of Hasedera Temple
• near Okutsunomiya Shrine in Enoshima Island

When you visit Katase Nishihama Beach on the middle of May, you'll find many small pink flowers at the landside of the sand beach. This is False baindweed [浜昼顔(Hama hirugao)].
It was the common flower which we can see at the beach, but drastically decreases in recent years.

Where is the good place to see?

• Landside of Katase Nishihama Beach (especially near around of western riverside and Shonan Kaigan Koen beach park)

The Rose is the plant which grew wild in Japan originally. But it came to be generally loved since Meiji era.
In Kamakura and Enoshima, it is often planted in the garden of a personal house or villa built after the Meiji era.
There is a time of flowering twice a year, from the middle of May to middle of June and from the middle of October to middle of November.

The garden of Kamakura Museum of Literature [鎌倉文学館] is the most popular rose flower spot in Kamakura. Everyday during the flower season, a lot of photographers and tourists visit here at the same time open the gate.

Another rose garden is in the top of Enoshima Island.
At Windsor Square in Samuel Cocking Garden, the roses gifted from Windsor City in Canada (a sister city of Fujisawa) is planted and pleased visitors.

Where is the good place to see roses?

• Samuel Cocking Garden on top Enoshima Island
• Kamakura Museum of Literature (In Hase town near Yuigahama Station)

To see Autumn colors [紅葉 (Koyo)] is one of the highlight for travelling Japan in Autumn.
In Kamakura and Enoshima, because of a warm climate, you can see Autumn colors from the end of November to early December that is later than other places of Japan.

If you would like to see Autumn Colors here, Kamakura is the best place because there are many famous spots.
Especially among them, we recommend to go and see at the garden of Hasedera Temple in Hase. Because the autumn colors garden light-up event is held and specially open at evening. As there are many evergreen trees in Enoshima Island, so there are not so many trees that turned red or yellow. But still you can see autumn color of maple trees and ginkgo trees in the coastal park and around the shrines. Above all, a big ginkgo tree in Enoshima Jinja Shrine that is totally turned yellow, soars is wonderful. At Ryukoji Temple in Katase Town, there is several big ginkgo trees around the entrance gate and also you can see some maple trees which turned red at the mountain side.

Where is the good place to see Autumn Colors?

• Enoshima Jinja Shrine (Hetsunomiya)
• Ryukoji Temple in Katase town
• Hasedera Temple in Hase town, west of Kamakura
• Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, the center of Kamakura

Tulip [チューリップ] is another popular spring flower in Japan. However in Enoshima Island, it blooms in the cold winter days on the middle of December to end of January.
This specially grown tulips planted and bloom in the mid-winter at the entrance of Samuel Cocking Garden every year.

Where is the good place to see?

• Samuel Cocking Garden on the top of Enoshima Island.

During the period of "Colors-Fest!" event (from April to June every year), lot of colorful flowers planted in Nakatsunomiya Square and Samuel Cocking Garden in Enoshima.

At seaside cliff in Yama-futatsu Valley of the island, you can see Hydrangea in June and July, Cosmos in October and November, Japanese pampas grass in September and October.

In Hase town west of Kamakura, there is two famous temple that is called as "The temple of flowers", Hasedera Temple and Kosokuji Temple. Some flower always bloom in these temple.