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Kanagawa Prefectural Center of Flowers and Greenery, Kana Garden (Vegetables and Flowers)

Kanagawa Prefectural Center of Flowers and Greenery, Kana Garden (Vegetables and Flowers)

Kanagawa Prefectural Center of Flowers and Greenery, Kana Garden is a facility where you can enjoy the Flower Zone, an area filled with seasonal flowers, including a photogenic rose garden and a large panoramic flowerbed, as well as the Agri Zone, a rare feature for a botanical garden, where you can experience harvesting seasonal vegetables such as tomatoes and cucumbers, as well as rice planting and harvesting. Enjoy a picnic or play ball under the blue sky on the spacious lawn! If you're feeling peckish, dine at the Garden Restaurant or enjoy shopping in the facility. This is a place where everyone from children to adults can kick back and enjoy!

Nature & Views Koshu kaido Tokaido KANAGAWA
Hakone Crafthouse (Inside Gora Park)

Hakone Crafthouse (Inside Gora Park)

Nestled in Gora Park’s charming nature, Hakone Crafthouse is a facility that sells traditional Hakone crafts and offers hands-on workshops. Select from an array of classes—including glassblowing, pottery making, sandblasting, kiriko glassmaking, lampwork bead making, jewelry bead making, and pottery painting—and create a one-of-a-kind, personalized piece of art. Thanks to its diverse range of experiences, Hakone Crafthouse is a fun and educational place for people of all ages. The facility even offers assistance in English.While you can take some crafts home on the same day, others require additional work and will be shipped to you at a later date. The facility offers both domestic and international shipping (for an additional fee).Hakone Crafthouse’s shop, Komamonoya Hakone, sells locally produced glass and pottery products, including traditional Hakone crafts, making it a wonderful place to pick up a souvenir that complements your handmade one.

Experience & Activities Tokaido Koshu kaido KANAGAWA
Tahara-Furusato Park: Soba Restaurant Shinonome

Tahara-Furusato Park: Soba Restaurant Shinonome

You can experience making soba here even if you don't go to Nagano (known as Shinshu in the past). In the soba restaurant Shinonome next to the workshop, you can enjoy the unique taste of the soba you made, be it with friends, family, or even by yourself! Furusato Park is surrounded by rice fields and farms and has a water mill as well. It is also well-known for its farmers market which sells vegetables freshly harvested on the day.

Eat & Drink Koshu kaido Tokaido KANAGAWA
Strawberry House Ebina

Strawberry House Ebina

Savor the taste of up to 10 strawberry varieties (depending on growth conditions)! Advance reservations are required and can be made via the website. The elevated cultivation system allows for standing strawberry picking, with wide aisles accessible for guests with strollers or wheelchairs. A kids' play area is also available so families with young children can relax. Come taste the sweet deliciousness of perfectly ripened strawberries grown right here in Ebina!

Experience & Activities Tokaido Koshu kaido KANAGAWA
Miura Kaigan Cherry Blossom Festival

Miura Kaigan Cherry Blossom Festival

The Miura Kaigan Sakura Festival is held along the railroad from Miurakaigan Station to Komatsugaike Park from the middle of February to the middle of March. There are approximately 1000 kawazu-zakura trees planted along the railroad. Kawazu-zakura cherry blossoms are known to bloom early and have large pink flowers. Flowers also bloom at the same time so you can enjoy the beautiful colorful scenery. At the tents in front of the station, local products such as fresh vegetables are sold.For a scenic view, stand on the overpass near Miurakaigan Station where you can observe the cherry blossoms and passing trains from above. The juxtaposition of the red trains against the soft pink flowers is a coveted view. Trains run fairly frequently, so you will have many opportunities to snap the perfect shot.During the cherry blossom festival, enjoy the fantastic illuminated night cherry blossoms that emit a different atmosphere from daytime. In particular, the 1km illumination along the railroad track that runs from the station to Komatsugaike Park is spectacular. Please check the Miura City website for details on the light-up.

Culture & Arts Tokaido Koshu kaido KANAGAWA
Anrakuji, Shakyo (sutra copying) experience

Anrakuji, Shakyo (sutra copying) experience

Come experience sutra copying at Anrakuji Temple (2-6-1 Okada, Samukawa-cho) on the second Sunday of every month (From 15:00, closed May and August). We have several chairs available, so those who are not comfortable sitting on the floor are more than welcome to join in. Our temple is said to have been built during the Yoro period (710-794), and our main statue of Dainichi Nyorai is a Buddhist image dating back to the Heian period (794-1192). On the hill behind the main hall remains "Ojinzuka," a late 4th-century round backward-facing burial mound, of which you can climb to the top to view Mt. Fuji and be enveloped by the power of ancient prayer.

Temples & Shrines Tokaido Koshu kaido KANAGAWA
Shonan Kaigan Park Surf Village

Shonan Kaigan Park Surf Village

Shonan Kaigan Park is home to a number of facilities, including Surf Village, which houses the Park Management Office, Salt Breeze Plaza, Water Plaza, Kids Plaza, Palm Tree & Lawn Plaza, and the Multipurpose Plaza. It is a place where visitors can deepen their understanding of the sea, and serves as a base for general park visitors. Visitors can also enjoy activities such as beach sports and experience lifesaving activities.

Experience & Activities Koshu kaido Tokaido KANAGAWA