 Most viewed - Horikiri Iris Garden 堀切菖蒲園 |
Horikiri Iris Garden, Katsushika, Tokyo347 views
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Horikiri Shobuen Station on the Keisei Line from Ueno Station. The Horikiri Iris Garden is a short walk from here.187 views
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From the train station, just follow the paper lanterns.127 views
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There are little signs indicating the iris species. The non-scientific names are quite pretty. The irises are grown in numerous separate patches which are all number. The garden area is about 7,700 sq. meters.119 views
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Shiga's Bay Waves, Horikiri Iris Garden 滋賀浦波117 views
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Main road to the iris garden.113 views
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Quite a crowd.109 views
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Entrance to Horikiri Iris Garden. Free admission. Next to the entrance is a table with free maps of the garden and local area. Open 9 am to 4:30 pm. Closed during the year end and New Year's period.108 views
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Horikiri Iris Garden has about 200 varieties of irises and 6,000 iris plants. The garden is most famous for irises in June. However, the garden also has flowering plants throughout most of the year.107 views
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Shiga's Bay Waves, Horikiri Iris Garden 滋賀浦波101 views
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Horikiri has been famous for irises for centuries. Some hydrangea also in bloom.98 views
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Another poem on a rock.89 views
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Horikiri Iris Garden paper lantern82 views
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View from the top of the hill.78 views
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Nagaragawa (Nagara River) iris78 views
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All the iris patches are numbered.77 views
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The garden also has a restaurant and tea rooms.70 views
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The garden's highest point has a small hut as seen on the left.61 views
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Hydrangea59 views
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Ducky57 views
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All the irises have interesting names like "Crane's Feathers."56 views
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Poem on a rock55 views
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Hydrangea and irises55 views
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