Lush Gardens of Fukui Green Center

Tranquil botanical gardens in late spring

Takako Sakamoto May 01, 2015 - 1 min read

<p>Big pond in the botanical garden area, which is beautifully landscaped and has several gardens and green houses.</p>

<p>Fukui Green Center under the blue sky. This is the green park area, which includes 'Woodream', an exhibition building, and an open space that has various playing facilities.</p>

<p>Artistically-shaped Japanese Pagoda Tree and red maple leaves in late spring</p>

<p>Hyacinth orchid waiting to bloom. It's called 'Shiran' in Japanese, meaning purple orchid.</p>

<p>Bronze-capped bridge post with shining pond in the background</p>

<p>Another beautiful garden here. Lush greenery in late spring is reflected on the pond surface.</p>

<p>Azaleas starting to bloom beside the pond</p>

<p>I wonder if these are the leaves of irises in the pond?</p>

<p>Yet there were already fallen petals on a table</p>

<p>Beautiful violet flowers in the shade of a wooden trellis</p>

<p>Green maple leaves in late spring</p>

<p>A colorful moth on a petal of white azalea. Red on his wing makes him look like he is blushing.</p>

<p>A tree trunk radiant with sunshine with woods in shadow in the background</p>

Fukui Prefectural Green Center in Sakai City is mainly divided in two sections. One is the green park, and the other is the botanical gardens. While the green park area is relatively crowded with people playing freely in the vast recreational space, the botanical gardens are silent. It looks like a quiet forest in which pretty gardens and green houses are neatly landscaped. When I visited here on the first day of Golden Week Holidays, during which parks are supposed to be crowded everywhere in Japan, I only met a few people inside these gardens. Therefore, it must be safe to say you can enjoy tranquility in these beautiful gardens at any time throughout the year!

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Takako Sakamoto @takako.sakamoto

I was born in and grew up in Tokushima prefecture, and have lived in many places since then: Nishinomiya, Kyoto, Nara, Mie, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Fukuoka and Fukui. I am currently living in Yokohama City. All the places I lived, all the places I visited, I have loved dearly. The histor...