Higashi-Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture Osaka Prefectural Forest, Nukata Park 2025 Hydrangea Festival
The Hydrangea Festival in Higashi-Osaka’s Nukata Park, one of the largest in the Kansai region, features 25,000 hydrangeas in 30 varieties along a 1.5-kilometer promenade. Visitors can enjoy a nature walk in early summer while hiking, looking for heart-shaped hydrangeas, and enjoying sweets from the weekend-only kitchen car!
| Holding period | Saturday, June 21, 2025 – Sunday, July 13, 2025 |
| Business Hours | open all day |
| admission fee | free |
| Location | Osaka Prefectural Forest, Nukata Park, Hydrangea Garden 2029-6 Yamate-cho, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka |
| Access | Train] Get off at Hiraoka Station on the Kintetsu Nara Line and walk about 80 minutes via hiking course. Get off at Nukata Station on the Kintetsu Nara Line and walk about 80 minutes via the same course. Get off at Ikoma-Sanjo Station on the Kintetsu Ikoma Cable and walk about 40 minutes. [Car] Use the Shigi Ikoma Skyline (fee required) and walk |
Osaka Prefectural Forest, Nukata Park 2025 Hydrangea Festival Outline
Nukata Hydrangea Garden, located halfway up Mt. Ikoma in Higashi-Osaka City, will hold the “Hydrangea Festival” from June 21 (Sat) to July 13 (Sun). 25,000 hydrangea plants, the largest in the Kansai region, including 30 different varieties of hydrangea (including the fantastic “Shichidanbana”), will bloom along a 1,500 meter promenade in a variety of colors, attracting hikers to the garden. The colorful blooms attract hikers visiting the area.
The park is open as a free walking area, and an information center opens on weekends to offer beverages and cold treats such as shaved ice. Visitors can fully enjoy nature experiences unique to early summer, from the photogenic fun of searching for heart-shaped flowers while passing through a tunnel of flowers and greenery to hiking with children or in groups. Choose a course based on the information board and map installed in front of the office and take a leisurely walk along the lush green Tomo Ame trail.
- The number of hydrangeas is overwhelming, and it is rare to see 25,000 hydrangeas.
- Visitors can enjoy more than 30 varieties of diverse hydrangeas, including “shichidan-hana,” which was once considered a phantom hydrangea.
- Don’t forget to take a picture when you find the heart-shaped hydrangea you’re looking for!
- This is a hiking course on a mountain trail. There are steep slopes and muddy areas, so non-slip trekking shoes are recommended.
- Don’t forget to stay hydrated as it is hot!
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