Ina town is known as "rose town". It is one of the most famous places for roses in Saitama Prefecture. There are approximately 5000 roses of 400 different varieties in the rose garden of Choseishiki Memorial Park. The three rose gardens are on the West side of the large park, which has a campsite on the grounds.
It costs ¥350 to enter the rose gardens. However, residents of Ina town can enter for free.
The park is located a ten minute walk from Uchijuku Station on the New Shuttle Ina Line. The New Shuttle goes from Omiya Station.
By car: The nearest interchange is Okegawa-Kano on the Ken-o expressway. It is about a 12 minute drive to the park from the interchange.
Lynda has been in Japan for 20 years and blogging about Saitama on her personal blog insaitama.com for 14 of them. Despite its central location, just North of Tokyo, Saitama is still quite unknown to the international tourist, but frequented by domestic travelers. It is a great place to experien...
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By Lynda Hogan
