500,000 large flowers! Tsunan Sunflower Plaza, sunflowers at their best (Tsunan Town, Niigata Prefecture)

2024.8.2

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Tsunan Sunflower Plaza, a famous place in Tsunan Town, Niigata Prefecture, where about 500,000 sunflowers are in full bloom in a field of about 4 hectares, has been open since Saturday, the 27th of last month. This year’s growth is going well, and the large yellow flowers are beginning to bloom vigorously.

Friday, August 2

Tsunan Sunflower Plaza, located on the Okinohara Plateau in Tsunan Town, is a 4-hectare field where about 500,000 hybrid sunflowers, a variety of ornamental sunflower, are grown, making it a local tourist attraction.

According to the executive committee of the plaza, the blooming started around July 17. The second field is at the eighth minute of blooming, and the third field will be at its best around the time of the Bon Festival.

The field has an observation deck overlooking the plaza, offering a panoramic view of the vast landscape and sunflowers glowing yellow as far as the eye can see. The three fields are sown about a week apart to allow visitors to appreciate the flowers longer, and the plaza will be open until August 18, after the Bon Festival. The plaza will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For more information, please visit the website of the Tsunan Tourist Association.

津南ひまわり広場2024
■Date: Saturday, July 27 – Sunday, August 18, 2024, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.　
■Venue: Tsunan Himawari Hiroba, Akazawa, Tsunan-cho, Naka-uonuma-gun, Niigata Prefecture (Okinohara Plateau)
*About 1 hour and 30 minutes by car from Joetsu City
■Parking: 180 cars, large buses allowed
■Inquiry: Tsunan Tourist Association 025-765-5585