Japan’s largest full-scale gardening park. In the main garden, you can enjoy the atmosphere of each season with hundreds of kinds of plants, flowing water valleys, and the lively sounds of wild birds. Mori no Oka is famous for its 50,000 moss phlox blooms. The observatory also houses the Bell of Love and Happiness, also known as the Lover’s Sanctuary. Also, since this park is attached to Oshuku Onsen Hotel Morinokaze Oshuku, you can stay overnight and relax.

Information

business hours: Late April – early November / 10:00 – 20:00 (last reception 19:00), illumination early November – early January / 16:00 – 20:00 (last reception 19:00) Closed in winter (1 early May to mid-April)
price: Entrance fee Adults 600 yen Elementary school students 300 yen Free for children under elementary school age *Illumination period varies
access[By train] About 35 minutes by free shuttle bus from Tohoku Shinkansen, JR lines, IGR Iwate Galaxy Railway “Morioka Station”
[By car] About 25 minutes by car from Tohoku Expressway “Morioka IC”