Takinoiri Rose Garden is located in Moroyama Town in the Iruma District of Saitama Prefecture. By car it is only about an hour from Western Tokyo. It is an open garden run by a group of volunteers. Unlike many open gardens in Saitama prefecture, this one is not in a private residence. It is on the Yuzu no Sato Campsite.
Takinoiri Rose Garden only opens twice a year when roses are in bloom. In Japan, that is in May for spring roses and the end of October to early or mid November in autumn. It depends on the period of bloom in a given year. Each time the rose garden opens for just two to three weeks. In spring it costs ￥300 to enter the garden, but there is no charge in Autumn. There is also no charge for parking.
The garden is located about a 25 to 30 minutes drive from both the Tsurugashima Interchange on the Kanetsu expressway and the Ken-o Tsurugashima interchange on the ken-o expressway. If the garden doesn’t come up on your car navigation systems, if you put in Yuzu No Sato Campsite it will direct you. The car park for the rose garden is by the entrance for the campsite.
By public transport its a bit tricky. There is only a very infrequent town loop bus that goes on weekdays and the 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month. You can get the timetable here (Japanese language only). Alternatively, you can walk from the train station, it takes about 35 minutes on foot from Moro Station on the Hachioji line. You can also walk from Higashi moro Station on the Tobu Ogose line. It takes about 45 minutes.
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...
