No English name was found on the official site, so the facility name and address are romanized from the Japanese reading.

Address

Gongenmoriyama, Imozawa, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi

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Phone

+81-22-214-8392 (Sendai City Construction Bureau, Hyakunen no Mori Promotion Division)

Official site (Japanese)

https://www.city.sendai.jp/ryokuchihozen/reiwa100sen/ichiran/035.html

Plants you can see

SpringErythronium japonicum (Asian fawnlily), スミレ類

Based on information published by each facility. Bloom times vary by year and weather. Plant links open our plant encyclopedia.

Nearest station

15-minute walk from Rikuzen-Ochiai Station on the JR Senzan Line (Mukaida entrance). Or take Sendai City Bus Route 880 from Stop 13 of the Sendai Station West Exit bus pool, get off at Minami-Yoshinari 4-chome, and walk 20 minutes (Katsugyuji entrance).

A woodland of about 200 hectares made up of mixed woods of konara oak, chestnut and similar trees, and plantations of Japanese cedar (sugi) and other trees. It is designated as a Green Area Environmental Conservation Area of Miyagi Prefecture. Visitors can enjoy the many faces of satoyama (managed woodland) from spring, when dogtooth violets (katakuri) and violets bloom, through to winter.