Kinchakuda — Attraction in Hidaka

We love this park so much! There is parking, or by train it’s an easy walk from Koma Station or you can go to Komagawa Station and take a bus (or it’s a nice walk too!).

It’s great to visit for water play in the Koma River, perfect place to cool down in summer. The spider lilies are amazing but if you want to see them at their peak you’ll have to pay close attention to the parks social media! The peak changes every year and they can only make a prediction for the current year, when the blooms will appear depends on rainfall, temperatures etc.

There is a lot of natural see in the area, the park is planted with cherry blossoms and I noticed maple trees there also. You can spot a huge amount of birdlife along the river, for example herons, egrets and kingfishers.

Lots of food options nearby, including a convenience store, a great organic cafe called Alishan, as well as other cafes and noodle houses. Many are closed on Tuesday/Wednesday though so pick your day carefully.

Also check out Koma Shrine and Mt Hiwada which are...

This was a beautiful park with so many red Spiderlilies!! There were few white ones but most of the field is covered with red ones! It was surreal to be surrounded by them! If you watch the anime, Demon Slayer, you will see the iconic flower at this park. I saw few people dressed up in their costumes and this is a really nice place for a photo! The parking had a small fee but the the park itself is free to enter. If you want to drive here, come early. The park is located in a country area and it can be slightly jammed with traffic if you come few hours after the park opens. If you come at end of the flower season, they do pass out free Spiderlily poster. (You have to be able to read the ‘free’ sign in Japanese in order for you to get one) there are few food vendors there as well. Overall, what a gorgeous park!! Highly recommend if you...

Nestled along the Koma River in Hidaka, Kinchakuda Manjushage Park bursts each September into a sea of crimson, blanketing its 22-hectare plain with over five million red spider lilies. When I arrived on a crisp October morning, I followed winding paths edged with higanbana—slender, curved petals swaying like flames beneath a pale autumn sky. Both haunting and beautiful, the blooms embody rebirth in Japanese folklore, their presence tinged with echoes of the afterlife.

The spectacle peaks from mid-September to early October, when vivid reds mingle with rare whites to form a surreal floral carpet. Yet weekends draw up to 20,000 visitors, cameras in hand, turning stillness into a steady shuffle. Arrive at dawn for quiet reflection. it is an easy day trip from Tokyo—unforgettable, if fleeting, as nature’s red tide fades by...