When does the Great Wisteria at Ashikaga peak?

Usually around 20 to 30 April, though the festival follows the wisteria from mid-April to mid or late May, from the early pinks through the Great Wisteria’s peak to the late whites and yellows. From mid-April the park stays open for an evening light-up, and a weekday evening in that window, once the daytime coaches have gone, is the best way to see it.

What does the Ashikaga wisteria festival cost?

Adult admission is ¥1,200 to ¥2,300 depending on the state of the bloom, rising as the Great Wisteria comes into full flower and falling either side. Expect very large crowds on Golden Week weekends, when the queue for the entrance can be long. The roses that follow in May are a footnote; the garden is almost entirely about wisteria.

How do I get to Ashikaga Flower Park?

The park has its own station, Ashikaga Flower Park, on the JR Ryomo Line, reached from Tokyo via Oyama or Takasaki. The Great Wisteria is around 160 years old and trained across a trellis the size of a small field, and the long tunnel of white blossom and the rare yellow wisteria are the other things to seek out.

Ashikaga Flower Park Great Wisteria Festival

ふじのはな物語～大藤まつり

Mid April 2027 – Mid May 2027

Ashikaga, Tochigi

The Great Wisteria at Ashikaga Flower Park lit at night, its canopy of pale pink racemes hanging from a vast trellis above a boardwalk of visitors, mirrored in the still pond in front — Photo:The Great Wisteria under lights, its canopy trained across a trellis the size of a small field. The plant is around 160 years old and peaks about 20–30 April; a weekday evening is the time to be beneath it.Michael Lee via Unsplash · Unsplash License · cropped

The dates for this event have not been confirmed yet. They are an estimate from the event’s own pattern, and this page is updated as soon as the organiser announces the real ones — check the official site for the latest. Last held 11 April – 20 May 2026.

Ashikaga Flower Park is built around one plant. Its Great Wisteria is around 160 years old and has been trained across a trellis so that its canopy spreads across a trellis the size of a small field, a ceiling of hanging purple that visitors walk beneath as though under water. Around it the park has planted hundreds more wisteria in every colour the plant offers, from white and pale pink to double-flowered purple and the rare yellow, along with a long tunnel of white blossom, and it has become one of the country's most visited gardens in the process.

The festival runs from mid-April to mid or late May, following the wisteria from the early pinks through the Great Wisteria's peak, which usually falls around 20 to 30 April, to the late whites and yellows. From mid-April the park stays open into the evening for a light-up that turns the hanging racemes luminous against the dark, and a weekday evening in that window, with the daytime coaches gone, is the best way to see it.

The park has its own station, Ashikaga Flower Park, on the JR Ryomo Line, reached from Tokyo via Oyama or Takasaki. Admission is charged and the price rises and falls with the state of the bloom. Expect very large crowds on Golden Week weekends, when the queue for the entrance can be long, and a garden that is almost entirely about wisteria; the roses that follow in May are a footnote.

Ashikaga Flower Park Great Wisteria Festival

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