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Introduction:
The Flower Park of Hokkaido Island is a tourist attraction that has to be seen by the flower lovers. It hosts over a million flowers spread over an area of 100.000 square meters, on a hill overlooking the scenic town Tokinoue.
There are lots of tourist destinations on the island of Hokkaido in Japan, but the park with flower stands out as being the most colorful. Every year in early May to mid-June, the hill is covered with a carpet of pink flowers “Moss Phlox” known under the name of “shibazakura”.
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There are lost of impressive tourist destinations on Japan’s Hokkaido island, but the hillside flower park overlooking the town of Takinoue stands out as the most colorful. Every year, from early May to mid June, the hill is covered with a pink carpet of Moss Phlox flowers, commonly known as shibazakura. Winding paths lead visitors from the base of the hill to the very top where they are treated to a magnificent view of the surrounding sea of flowers.
Getting there:
By train from Sapporo, take the Sapporo Municipal Subway Nanboku Line to Makomanai Station and transfer to the Chuō Bus Takino Line; get off either at Suzuran Kōen Higashi-guchi Stop or Atsubetsu no Taki Stop.
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