One of the largest in Japan, 800,000 tulips! “Sakura Tulip Festa 2020” held in Sakura City, Chiba Prefecture (April 1-April 26)

2020.04.06

“Sakura Tulip Festa” is a colorful and blooming background with 800,000 tulips of about 100 varieties in the background of a Dutch windmill. Due to the influence of the new coronavirus, the content will be partially canceled or changed, but please come and see the beautiful tulips.

【Sakura Tulip Festa 2020】

Schedule: April 1-April 26, 2020
Open hour: 9:00~16:00
Location: Sakura oldness and open space (2714 Usida, Sakura City)※free entrance
Contact Us: (Public corporation) Sakura City Tourism Association TEL 043-486-6000

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* Weekdays are relatively vacant, so if you are going to attend, weekdays are recommended. See the Sakura City Tourism Association website for flowering status and surrounding congestion status.
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◆Instagram photo contest held
“Spring Photo Contest 2020” will be held. During the Sakura Tulip Festa period, an insta spot related to the language of flowers will appear in the venue, Sakura Hometown Plaza!
[Participation requirements]
(1) Follow Instagram account of Sakura City Tourism Association
(2) Post with “#Sakura 2020”
(3) Photos taken and posted during the period from 3/20 to 5/10 are eligible

◆Stand “Saranka”
Soft drinks using Sakura milk and Sakura tea are very popular at Saranka, a shop located in Sakura Hometown Plaza. There are plenty of local souvenirs and vegetables! During Tulip Festa, we sell tulip sables for a limited time, and this year we will sell Miffy sables and Miffy goods! There is also a nursing room, so it is safe even if there are babies and small children.

◆Fresh vegetables at souvenir shop
Agricultural products market “Marche Kashima” opposite Sakura Hometown Plaza sells fresh local vegetables and bread and sweets using rice flour. You can also have a snack in the solarium where the sun shines. Egg rice is very popular, so please take this opportunity to appreciate it. There is also a kids space, so it is safe even if there are babies and small children.

◆Bicycle rental
We are renting rental bicycles. Rental of two-seater tandem bicycles and rare bicycles from the nation of bicycle power Holland are also available. Rent a bicycle and enjoy the cycling road along Lake Inbanuma!
Bicycle rental: ¥ 500 per vehicle * ※ Electric assist bicycles cost ¥ 1,000 per vehicle
Tandem bicycle 1,500 yen (2h) ※ Hometown plaza limited rental
Dutch bicycle: 500 yen per car (1h)

◆Excavation and sale of tulips
Every day during the event, you can dig out your favorite tulips blooming in the excavated section of the venue together with the bulbs. (10 pieces 500 yen)
※ There are weekday benefits!
* Because your feet are muddy, please prepare boots.

【Access to the venue】
● Bus
Sakura-shi community bus (riding fee: 200 yen) runs from Keisei-Sakura Station north exit.
* Shuttle buses will not be operated to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus infection. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
● Approximately 40 minutes on foot from Keisei Sakura Station and Keisei Light Station
● Private car Higashi Kanto Expressway About 30 minutes from Yotsukaido IC or Sakura IC
General parking lot (up to 500) Standard car 1 1,000 yen
* We recommend that you visit on weekdays because traffic around the venue is expected on Saturdays and Sundays.

【About prevention of spread of new coronavirus infection】
● Request to visitors
・ Try to prevent infection by wearing a mask, cough etiquette, gargle, and hand washing.
・ When coughing or sneezing, cover your mouth and nose with a handkerchief or sleeve.
・ If you have a fever or you do not feel well, please stop the visit and try to prevent infection.

● We do not accept visitors who meet the following conditions.
・ Customers who have fever more than 5 minutes at 37 degrees and cough such as cough
・ Customers who have or may have a new type of coronavirus infection, such as family members, workplaces, and schools.
・ Not limited to the above, customers who are not in good physical condition ・ Customers who have not been in Japan for 14 days after entering Japan from areas subject to immigration restrictions based on the Immigration Control Act

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