Basic information
No English name was found on the official site, so the facility name and address are romanized from the Japanese reading.
- Address
- 2-50 Mutsumi-cho, Utsunomiya, Tochigi
- Phone
- +81-28-636-1491 (Tochigiken Chuo Park)
- Official site (Japanese)
- https://t-chuokoen.jp/
- Hours
- Mar–Sep 5:00–20:00 / Oct–Feb 5:30–18:00
- Closed
- Open year-round (the Green Consultation Center is closed every Tuesday)
- Plants you can see
- OtherRhododendron pentaphyllum (アカヤシオ), Hydrangea macrophylla (hortensia), Amelanchier canadensis (thicket serviceberry), Ginkgo biloba (ginkgo), Armeniaca mume (Japanese apricot), Padus grayana (Japanese bird cherry), カエデ, Cerasus leveilleana (カスミザクラ), Kalmia latifolia (mountain laurel), Camellia sasanqua (カンツバキ), Chrysanthemum morifolium (florist's chrysanthemum), Nerium oleander (nerium), Paulownia tomentosa (キリ), Osmanthus fragrans (fragrant orange-colored olive), Helleborus niger (hellebores), Crocus (genus; crocus), Spiraea cantoniensis (Reeve's spiraea), Magnolia kobus (コブシ), Symphytum × uplandicum (comfrey), Camellia sasanqua (sasanqua camellia), Rhododendron (genus; サツキ（園芸品種群）), Lagerstroemia indica (crape myrtle), Cornus officinalis (Japanese cornel), Cerasus spachiana (weeping cherry), Spiraea japonica (Japanese meadowsweet), Keiskea japonica (シモバシラ), Paeonia lactiflora (Chinese peony), Begonia grandis (hardy begonia), Anemone hupehensis (Chinese anemone), Eomecon chionantha (snow poppy), Bletilla striata (hyacinth orchid), Rhododendron quinquefolium (シロヤシオ), Narcissus tazetta (paperwhite), Cerasus ×yedoensis (Yoshino cherry), Magnolia grandiflora (Southern magnolia), Lespedeza thunbergii (ケハギ), Camellia (genus; ツバキ), Aesculus turbinata (Japanese horse-chestnut), Stewartia pseudocamellia (Japanese stewartia), Albizia julibrissin (silk tree), Campsis grandiflora (Chinese trumpet vine), Magnolia denudata (yulan), Cercis chinensis (Chinese redbud), Ipheion uniflorum (spring starflower), Cornus florida (flowering dogwood), Saururus chinensis (Asian lizard's tail), Fritillaria thunbergii (バイモ), バラ, Cortaderia selloana (pampas grass), Lycoris radiata (hurricane lily), Houstonia caerulea (azure bluet), Bergenia (genus; ヒマラヤユキノシタ), Iris gracilipes (slender iris), Corylopsis pauciflora (buttercup witch-hazel), Adonis ramosa (Amur adonis), Wisteria floribunda (Japanese wisteria), Phlox (genus; フロックス), Weigela coraeensis (ハコネウツギ), Tricyrtis hirta (toad lily), Chaenomeles speciosa (flowering quince), Hamamelis japonica (Japanese witch hazel), Edgeworthia chrysantha (Oriental paperbush), Arisaema ringens (ムサシアブミ), Muscari neglectum (grape hyacinths), Tradescantia ohiensis (bluejacket), Metasequoia glyptostroboides (dawn redwood), Pollia japonica (ヤブミョウガ), Cerasus jamasakura (hill cherry), Cornus kousa (kousa dogwood), Acer amoenum (ヤマモミジ), Spiraea thunbergii (Thunberg's meadowsweet), Liriodendron tulipifera (tulip tree), Forsythia suspensa (golden bell), Chimonanthus praecox (Japanese allspice), アカバスモモ, オオムラサキツツジ, シダレウメ, ナスヒオウギアヤメ, 八重ザクラ, 紅八重シダレ, 西洋シャクナゲ
Based on information published by each facility. Bloom times vary by year and weather. Plant links open our plant encyclopedia.
- Nearest station
- About 15 minutes by bus from JR Utsunomiya Station via Sakura-dori (bound for Tsuruta Station or Nishikawada Station); get off at "Chuo Koen Hakubutsukan-mae"
About
An urban park in central Utsunomiya. It is laid out like a stroll garden centered on four ponds, with a Western-style sunken garden and a Japanese garden, and has a Green Consultation Center. Nasu-hiogi-ayame, which has a connection to Tochigi Prefecture, can be seen in the Japanese garden.