Awaji Island Akashi Kaikyo National Goverment Park is a recommended tourist spot for family trips. In addition to a vast park where you can enjoy beautiful flowers throughout the four seasons, there is also a lot of playground equipment for children to enjoy. Another feature of the park is a spacious lawn area that dogs can enjoy together. The park is also equipped with barbecue sites (reservations required), so families can enjoy the outdoors on sunny days.
This article describes the Awaji Island Akashi Kaikyo National Goverment Park and its facilities, as well as the attractions that I found during my actual visit.
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Awaji Island Akashi Kaikyo National Goverment Park Tourist Attractions Tourist Attractions
The following are some of the attractions I found when I visited Awaji Island National Akashi Kaikyo Park Tourist Attractions.
- Seasonal flowers in a beautifully maintained park
- Large playground equipment for children, water play, and large lawns
- Monthly events and entertainment
Seasonal flowers in a beautifully maintained park
The mild climate of Awaji Island allows visitors to enjoy a variety of flowers and plants throughout the four seasons, including daffodils and tulips in spring, sunflowers in summer, cosmos in fall, and Christmas roses in winter.
Another attraction of this park is that it offers services not found in ordinary parks, such as flower guided tours and flower workshops by specialists.
Awaji Greenhouse, located next to Awaji Island Akashi Kaikyo National Goverment Park, has the largest greenhouse in Japan where you can see flowers and plants from all over the world, and is also recommended.
Large playground equipment for children, water play, large lawn
Awaji Island Akashi Kaikyo National Goverment Park has a vast site with 150 pieces of playground equipment, a universally designed "Children's Forest," a jabu-jabu pond for playing in the water, and a large lawn where families can enjoy playing ball or running around all day long.
In addition, visitors can enjoy rides such as swan boats and the "Yume Hatch," a boat that goes back and forth between gates in the park.
Monthly events and entertainment
Awaji Island Akashi Kaikyo National Goverment Park holds monthly events.
On this day, there was an exhibition of umbrella balls made of colorful umbrellas and an event called "Puka Puka Dahlia," in which dahlia flowers were floated on the surface of the water.
Awaji Island Akashi Kaikyo National Goverment Park Facilities
There are 13 main areas in the 330-hectare very large Awaji Island Akashi Kaikyo National Goverment Park facility.
- Terrace of Waterfalls: Enjoy the sound of seven waterfalls among the rocks while taking a leisurely stroll along the water's edge
- Rainbow of Earth: A flower garden where tulips in spring, sunflowers in summer, and cosmos in autumn bloom like a rainbow
- Flower Hill Road: A walking path where you can enjoy a variety of flowers all year round.
- Moon Terrace: A viewpoint where the dynamic scenery of the Kitan Straits and the blue of the sky and sea blend together during the nemophila season
- Poplar Hill: A beautiful hill where seasonal flowers and grass spread out like a carpet under poplar trees.
- Garden of Transition: A garden of the sea dyed by the sunrise and sunset. A special garden where you can enjoy the design of flower beds and the changing seasons.
- Palm Garden: A garden lined with tropical palm trees. The ocean of Osaka Bay is nearby, creating a warm atmosphere with the scent of the sea.
- Hana no Nakaumi (Flowering Nakaumi Sea): An area where visitors can take a swan boat tour of the Nakaumi Sea and its waterways, and enjoy the colors and scents of the four seasons, as well as the opportunity to interact with carp.
- Sea Terrace: The terrace closest to the sea in the park. It offers a beautiful view of Osaka Bay and the mountains of Honshu on a clear day.
- Sky Terrace: A spectacular view of the greenery, sky, and the sea of Osaka Bay from inside the park.
- Hanabi Tori: Prayers for the recovery from the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. The 4-meter-high, 30-meter-long Hanabidori is a spectacular object that changes its clothes with flowers each season.
- Tako-san's welcoming flowerbed: Akashi's unique Tako-san flowerbed is located at the Higashiura-guchi gate. A popular photo spot with violas, begonias, and other flowers that change with the seasons.
- Yumekko Land: A large playground complex with 150 types of playground equipment that can be enjoyed by children from infants to elementary school students.
Awaji Island Akashi Kaikyo National Goverment Park Basic Information
| Name | Awaji Island Akashi Kaikyo National Goverment Park |
| Address | 8-10 Yumebutai, Awaji City, Hyogo Prefecture |
| Phone | 0799-72-2000 |
| Official WEB | https://awaji-kaikyopark.jp/en/ |
| Opening hours | April 1 - June 30, 9:30 - 17:00 July 1 - August 31, 9:30 - 18:00 September 1 - October 31, 9:30 - 17:00 November 1 - March 31, 9:30 - 16:00 |
| Closed | New Year's holidays (December 31-January 1), the second Monday through Friday in February |
| Admission | Adults (15 years and older) 450 yen Silver (age 70 and over) 210 yen, Free for junior high school students and younger |
| Parking | Awaji Exit Parking Lot, Kaigan-minami Parking Lot, Higashiura Exit Large Parking Lot |
| Parking fee | Regular car: 500 yen, motorcycles: 100 yen, large vehicles: 1,600 yen |
| Access | Public transportation: Get off at Yumebutai-mae bus stop→3 min. walk to Higashiura-guchi gate Car: Exit at Awaji I.C. and drive south on National Route 28 for 5 minutes. |