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

Address

2007-1 Megusuno, Oita, Oita (Kenmin no Mori Management Office)

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Phone

+81-97-588-0656 (Management Office)

Official site (Japanese)

https://oita-kenmori.jp/

Hours

Management Office 8:30–17:00, Cycling Center 8:30–16:30, Forest Learning Exhibition Hall 9:30–16:30, Dog Run 9:30–16:00

Closed

Every Tuesday (the next day if Tuesday is a national holiday), Jan 1–Jan 4, Aug 14–Aug 15, Dec 28–Dec 31

Plants you can see

Otherラベンダー

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

A prefectural forest whose highlights are lavender covering the whole meadow of the Fragrance Plaza (Kaori no Hiroba) and a cherry blossom garden with about 1,000 trees of 4 types. It also has the Seishonen no Mori (Youth Forest) around the Management Office (Learning Exhibition Hall, dog run, cycling), the National Tree-Planting Festival Memorial Plaza, Shinkaku-ji Temple (forest of azaleas and rhododendrons), and a campground.