Japan is famous for its bountiful cherry blossom trees, but this is far from all of the enchanting beauty the country has to offer. Wisteria trees, with their cascading vines, make the ultimate picturesque addition to scenes which look like they belong in fairy tales. Those plants grow in various colors; the most common is purple, but you will also find pinks, blues, yellows, and whites hanging from a wisteria tree branch.
If you're already wild about wisteria, you’ll definitely want to make a trip just north of Toyko to Ashikaga Flower Park. It is home to over 350 wisteria trees—including one that's nearly 150 years old. The park also features a stunning 262-foot nature tunnel lined with the blooms as well as thousands of square feet of wisteria trellises. It is easy to get wanderlust by virtually perusing the garden.
The Ashikaga Flower Park is not the only place you will find this type of wisteria tree display. The Kawachi Wisteria Garden and Tennogawa Park are also highly regarded, along with Tokyo locales like the Kameido Tenjin Shrine. It hosts a Wisteria Festival in spring when the flowers are in bloom.
Even if walking through a wisteria tree tunnel may not be in your immediate future, you can still enjoy them right now through photos. Take a journey through the beauty of Japan’s beautiful wisteria by scrolling down.
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