Spring Flowers (April - June)

Erythronium Japonicum

Asahikawa / Otokoyama Nature Park

Spots to be seen
> Asahikawa : Otokoyama Nature Park
> Fukagawa: Maruyama Park
> Hakodate:Miharashi Park (Kosetsuen)
> Hokuto: Takuminomori Park
> Niseko: Sakuragaoka Park
> Nakasatsunai Village: Rokka no Mori

Niseko: Sakuragaoka Park

Asian Skunk Cabbage

Ishikari / Makumbetsu Marsh
Asian Skunk Cabbage

Spots to be seen
> Ishikari: Makumbetsu Marsh
> Onuma: Onuma National Park
> Kamikawa:Kiyokawa Skunk Cabbage Garden
> Abira: Tomioka Skunk Basho Garden
> Abashiri: Lake Abashiri, Yobitori Bird-watching Trail
> Yubetsu: Skunk cabbage colony

Tulip

Tulip
Obihiro Shichiku Garden
Kikonai: Tulips at Saraki Cape
Sapporo / National Takino Suzuran Hillside Park

There are said to be as many as 2,000 varieties of tulips, which come in a variety of colors and shapes, and they are often seen in flower beds throughout Hokkaido.

Japanese Apricot

Sobetsu / Sobetsu Park
Plum blossoms

Spots to be seen
> Sapporo : Hiraoka Park
> Mikasa : Mikasa Asuka Plum Grove
> Sobetsu : Sobetsu Park
> Shintoku : Karikatsu Kogen Park Ume Garden

Moss Phlox

shibasakura
Kutchan / Mishima-sanchi no Shiba-zakura

“Shibazakura” are often planted in parks and gardens because they are resistant to cold and easy to propagate.
The view of pink and white flowers that cover the ground as thickly as a lawn is breathtaking.

Azalea

Otaru / Black azalea in Otaru Park

Lilac

Lilac

Spots to be seen
> Sapporo : Odori Park
> Sapporo : Kawashimo Park
> Sapporo : Soseigawa Park
> Yubetsu : Okhotsk Rila Road

Sapporo / Odori Park

Famous as the flower that heralds early summer, the flower comes in white, pink, and purple. When this flower, also called “lilas,” blooms, it often cools down, which is called “lilac chill.
The Sapporo Lilac Festival is held in Sapporo Odori Park every year in late May.

Japanese Wisteria

Taiki / Hakurin Park
Sobetsu / Toyako Park

Spots to be seen
> Hakodate : Goryokaku Park
> Engaru : Maruseppu Wisteria Garden
> Sapporo : Yurigahara Park
> Sapporo : Maeda Forest Park
> Sobetsu : Wisteria trellis in Toyako Park
> Taiki : Hakurin Park

Rape blossoms

Kutchan / Mishima-sanchi no Rape blossoms​

Spots to be seen
> Takikawa : Ebeotsu area
> Abira : Rape Blossom Field
> Kutchan : Mishima-sanchi no Rape blossoms​
> Iwamizawa : Rape blossom field in Kurisawa district
> Kaminokuni : Windmill Hill

Abira / Rape Blossom Field

Lupin

Takinoue / Fragrance Village Herb Garden
Biei / Shikisai-no-oka

Spots to be seen
> Takinoue : Fragrance Village Herb Garden
> Nanae : Higashi-Onuma Campground near Kitagawa Shoten
> Kamifurano : Flowerland Kamifurano
> Biei : Shikisaino-Oka
> Numata : Lupinus at Moe-no-oka
> Akabira : Akabira Mountain Lupine Garden

Lily of the Valley

Lily of the Valley

One of the representative flowers of early summer in Hokkaido, the fragrant little bell-like flowers are very popular.
In particular, the wild tin lily colony in the town of Hiratori, which stretches at the foot of Horoshiri-dake Mountain, is the largest in Japan at about 15 hectares.

Spots to be seen
> Biratori : Memu Suzuran colony
> Sapporo : National Takino Suzuran Hillside Park

Hiratori / Memu Suzuran colony

Primitive Flower Garden

Lilium pensylvanicum (Ezosukashiyuri) / Koshimizu Primeval Flower Garden, Primeval flower garden Ayamegahara, Wakka Primeval Flower Garden
Koshimizu Primitive Flower Garden / Ezo lily
Geranium yesoense (Ezofuuro) / Wakka Primeval Flower Garden, Primeval flower garden Ayamegahara
Wakka Primitive Flower Garden / Ezoanthus
Iris setosa (Hiougiayame) / Primeval flower garden Ayamegahara, Koshimizu Primeval Flower Garden
Koshimizu Primeval Flower Garden Ayamegahara
Hemerocallis dumortieri var. esculenta (late June to mid-July) (Ezo kanzo)
Notsuke Peninsula Native Flower Garden / Ezo kanzo

Alpine Plants

Ezo kanzo (July)
Leibnitz flycatcher (August-September)
Trollius riederianus (June) (Rebun kinbaisou)
Lebun kinbai-sou (Lepidium japonicum)