03:22Visitors flocked to Kinchakuda Manjushage Park in Hidaka City to enjoy millions of red spider lilies as the flowers entered their fullest blooming season.
Footage captured on Wednesday shows the magnificent scarlet canvas formed by the blooms, while visitors were seen capturing their beauty on cameras, as well as taking their pets to the park.
"Almost all the flowers are blooming, right? I have been trying to get here on this day. I always come here once a year," said Hamada, a visitor.
"It was stunning, I was gasping every fives seconds when I first walked in, now I’m a little used to [it]. It’s really gorgeous," shared Stephie and Stephanie, the tourists.
According to Satoshi Inutake, an officer of the Hidaka City Hall Industrial Promotion Division, the site of the Kinchakuda Park was initially reserved for a dam, but the city had turned it into a flower park after the original plan was cancelled.
"As the city managed and carried out the project, these flowers suddenly appeared, so we managed them very well, and at first there were 1,000,000 plants growing, but that number has increased to 5,000,000," he explained while talking about the creation of the flower park.
"In Japan, they are called 'higanbana'. We called them 'higanbana' because it blooms during the week of equinoxes 'ohigan' (a traditional week-long seasonal event)," he added.
Kinchakuda Park had become a favourite spot for observing the red spider lilies in Japan, featuring up to five million flowers reaching their peak in early autumn. The annual flower festival had been held in the park since September 18, but would be extended till October 9, due to the late arrival of autumn this year.
Vibrant red! Visitors stunned by millions of spider lilies blooming in Hidaka's flower park
Visitors flocked to Kinchakuda Manjushage Park in Hidaka City to enjoy millions of red spider lilies as the flowers entered their fullest blooming season.
Footage captured on Wednesday shows the magnificent scarlet canvas formed by the blooms, while visitors were seen capturing their beauty on cameras, as well as taking their pets to the park.
"Almost all the flowers are blooming, right? I have been trying to get here on this day. I always come here once a year," said Hamada, a visitor.
"It was stunning, I was gasping every fives seconds when I first walked in, now I’m a little used to [it]. It’s really gorgeous," shared Stephie and Stephanie, the tourists.
According to Satoshi Inutake, an officer of the Hidaka City Hall Industrial Promotion Division, the site of the Kinchakuda Park was initially reserved for a dam, but the city had turned it into a flower park after the original plan was cancelled.
"As the city managed and carried out the project, these flowers suddenly appeared, so we managed them very well, and at first there were 1,000,000 plants growing, but that number has increased to 5,000,000," he explained while talking about the creation of the flower park.
"In Japan, they are called 'higanbana'. We called them 'higanbana' because it blooms during the week of equinoxes 'ohigan' (a traditional week-long seasonal event)," he added.
Kinchakuda Park had become a favourite spot for observing the red spider lilies in Japan, featuring up to five million flowers reaching their peak in early autumn. The annual flower festival had been held in the park since September 18, but would be extended till October 9, due to the late arrival of autumn this year.
Visitors flocked to Kinchakuda Manjushage Park in Hidaka City to enjoy millions of red spider lilies as the flowers entered their fullest blooming season.
Footage captured on Wednesday shows the magnificent scarlet canvas formed by the blooms, while visitors were seen capturing their beauty on cameras, as well as taking their pets to the park.
"Almost all the flowers are blooming, right? I have been trying to get here on this day. I always come here once a year," said Hamada, a visitor.
"It was stunning, I was gasping every fives seconds when I first walked in, now I’m a little used to [it]. It’s really gorgeous," shared Stephie and Stephanie, the tourists.
According to Satoshi Inutake, an officer of the Hidaka City Hall Industrial Promotion Division, the site of the Kinchakuda Park was initially reserved for a dam, but the city had turned it into a flower park after the original plan was cancelled.
"As the city managed and carried out the project, these flowers suddenly appeared, so we managed them very well, and at first there were 1,000,000 plants growing, but that number has increased to 5,000,000," he explained while talking about the creation of the flower park.
"In Japan, they are called 'higanbana'. We called them 'higanbana' because it blooms during the week of equinoxes 'ohigan' (a traditional week-long seasonal event)," he added.
Kinchakuda Park had become a favourite spot for observing the red spider lilies in Japan, featuring up to five million flowers reaching their peak in early autumn. The annual flower festival had been held in the park since September 18, but would be extended till October 9, due to the late arrival of autumn this year.