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

Address

3-15 Kitanomaru-machi, Yatsushiro, Kumamoto

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Phone

+81-965-33-0171

Official site (Japanese)

https://higo-shohinken.jp/

Admission

General (adults) 500 yen, elementary and junior high school students 250 yen (groups of 30 or more: General (adults) 450 yen, elementary and junior high school students 225 yen)

Hours

9:00-17:00 (admission until 16:30)

Closed

Mondays (the following day if Monday is a national holiday), Obon (August 13-15), year-end and New Year holidays (December 29-January 3)

Plants you can see

Spring肥後花菖蒲

Summer肥後花菖蒲

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

Nearest station

From JR Kagoshima Main Line Yatsushiro Station, 15 minutes by bus, get off at "Fukushi Center-mae", then 5 minutes on foot

Parking

Available (next to the Municipal Library)

A daimyo garden designated a National Place of Scenic Beauty. It was built as an ochaya (tea house) in the first year of Genroku (1688) by Naoyuki Matsui, lord of Yatsushiro Castle. About 5,000 Higo hanashobu (Higo Japanese irises) are usually at their best from late May to mid-June.