The Iris Festival celebrates beautiful blooming irises.

Please enjoy the scene of worker wearing traditional “KONGASURI” and SUGEGASA (sedge hat) picking testa, and the performance of KOTA(Japanese instruments).

KONGASURI & SUGEGASA (sedge hat)
A kind of tie-bye textile of dark-blue cloth with white splash patterns.

Information

Date	Festival: Jun 1st – 30th Open time: Mar – Aug (9:00am – 7:00pm) Sep – Apr (9:00am – 5:00pm) Closure: Apr – Jun (No closure) Jul – Mar (Evere Monday except holiday The next day of national holiday Dec 29th to Jan 3rd)
Location	18-1, Abekura Yokosuka city
Official website	Yokosuka SHOBUEN
Contact us	Tourism Division, Culture, Sports and Tourism Department, Yokosuka City

Access – Bus between Each Station

●From Keikyu Shioiri Station
Keikyu bus from Keikyu Shioiri Station for Kinugasa via Ikegami.
From the Ikegami chugakko bus stop about a 15 minute walk.

●From JR Kinugasa Station
Keikyu bus from JR Kinugasa Station for Yokosuka Station via
Ikegami. From the Ikegami chugakko bus stop about a 15 minute walk.

●From JR Kinugasa Station
Keikyu bus from JR Kinugasa Station for Shobuen round trip.
Bus stop Shobuen.

Please take a public bus or train as it is very crowded on holidays in April to May and throughout June.

About Yokosuka Iris Garden

Cultivation of the Japanese Irises has been widespread since the time of the Edo Era, which gave birth to various kinds of new-breds of irises.

Our Iris Garden´s classifications are: Edo series, Higo series, Ise series and American series.

From late May until the beginning of July, 412 varieties with a total of 140,000 are in bloom in a 7,000㎡ field.

Please enjoy the different varieties in bloom.

Yokosuka Iris Garden Flower Calendar

Blooming flowers vary depending on the season.

January ✿

February ✿

March ✿

April ✿

in addition, tulips, yamabuki, etc. bloom.

May ✿

June ✿

July ✿

August ✿

September ✿

In addition, hagi and small purple bloom.

October ✿

November ✿

December ✿