Suigo Sawara Ayame Festival

Place : Suigo Sawara Ayame Park
Period : Late May - Late June (dates change each year)
Time : 8:00 - 18:30

　In the garden 1.5 million irises of 400 varieties bloom.
　Traditional Japanese weddings in boats and local performances are also held in the weekends during the festival period.

Reference

　Suigo Sawara Ayame Festival

　May - June

Suigo Sawara Ayame Park

　8:00-18:30

Ayame Festival Period: adult 800 yen, below junior high school student: 400 yen, 65 and over 700 yen

　By train and bus : Getting off at Sawara Station, JR Narita-line. And on Kan-Tetsu sightseeing bus for Itako, getting off at Aquatic Botanical garden, 5 minutes on foot.
　　the bus : about six a day.
　By car : Higashi Kanto Expressway, 20 minutes from Sawara-Katori exit, or 25 minutes from Taiei exit.
　By High-way bus: Kanto Railways Green Bus from Tokyo Station for Hokota-station, getting off at Yodaura, Aquatic Botanical garden, 5 minutes on foot.
　Keisei bus, from Hamamatsu-cho, or Tokyo-station, by way of Sawara, for Choshi, getting off at Sawara station north exit.
　The shuttle bus has been operated from Sawara Station to the garden for the Iris festival period. (adult 500 yen)

　Free parking, 500 standard-sized cars, 30 large-size cars

　Fish boiled in soy sauce, pickles, local sake, sweet potato cake, and Japanese cloth etc.

　Katori City Sightseeing division; Tel.0478-50-1212
　The Sawara Aquatic Botanical garden; Tel.0478-56-0411

　There is a rest room for the physically handicapped person.