Two different rose events at Ibaraki Flower Park

Ibaraki Flower Park is located in Ishioka City in Ibaraki Prefecture. They have a "Scented Roses" area, a "Colored Roses" area and a "Rose Terrace" area in the park. The roses bloom from around mid October to late November, during which time they have a "Rose Farmer's Harvest Festival". It overlaps with a separate, night time, event called "Moonlight Rose Garden". 

Rose Farmer's Harvest Festival

The Rose Farmer's Harvest Festival started on October 1st and is on until November 30th 2025.  You can learn about the charm of roses from experts, such as a "fragrance lecture" by a rose breeder and a "garden tour" with staff where you can pick one rose to bring home. In addition, there are plenty of craft and harvesting experiences, such as "making dried potpourri roses" and "autumn marigold picking".

And they serve "rose ice cream" and an ice-cream in the shape of a rose during the period of the festival.

Moonlight Rose Garden

This is a light up event. The park not only has roses, but marigold too, and both will be lit up for the first part of this illumination event. Following that, they have winter illumination. The Moonlight Rose Garden is on from Saturday October 11th 2025 to Monday January 26th 2026. The winter illumination part starts on December 2nd.

Ibaraki Flower Park is a little tricky to get to by public transport. There is an infrequent bus from Ishioka station on the Joban line. If you are coming by the Tsukaba express, you will need to get a taxi from Tsukuba station; it takes about 30 minutes by taxi. There is a parking lot at the park.