Miyakonojo Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in May)
Mochio Park Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in May)
Roaming The Blooming Roads
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Blooming tunnels
There are thousands of sakura trees in Motio Park. Since mid-March, it has been turning into a real pink cloud. Thousands of visitors come to walk along its flowery alleys.
Recommended
Take a ride on a rickshaw under the cherry blossoms
Admire the view from above of 2,600 trees
Visit the daily entertainment programs and take a look at the grocery stores
How to get there
The easiest way to get to the park is by car.
From Miyazaki Station, you need to drive a few blocks straight to Highway 269. After about 1 hour and 15 minutes, it will lead directly to Motio Park.
Cherry Delight
The cherry blossom season is one of the best moments to visit
Japan. The cherry blossom is a symbol of new beginnings and the end of a cold winter. Locals and visitors flock to the park to celebrate the arrival of spring with beer and picnics, as well as take many beautiful photos.
A sea of petals
About 2,600 trees bloom in Motio Park. It looks like a boundless pink sea against a bright blue spring sky.
Old-fashioned park recreation
One of the most pleasant ways to admire the cherry blossom —
take a ride through the park on a traditional rickshaw cart. Near the sanctuary of Motio, there is a beautiful view from above of the festive park.
Not only sakura
Very close to the park is Sekinoo Waterfall, one of the hundred most beautiful in Japan.
Waterfalls, sakura, hiking trails
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Motio Park is located not far from Sekinoo Waterfall. At the end of March and April, sakura blossoms wonderfully here. However, at other times there is something to see and do here.
It is interesting
Motio Park is included in the list of the hundred best places to admire sakura in Japan
Sekinoo Waterfall has a fantastic suspension bridge
There is a fascinating five-kilometer hiking trail in the park
How to get there
Motio Park is a 20-minute bus ride from the station
Miyakonojo (you need to get off at the Yokoichi bus stop).
The fastest way by car from Miyazaki is via the Miyazaki Expressway in the direction of Kumamoto. On Highway 10, take the Miyakonojo exit and after about 10 minutes turn right onto Highway 108. Then follow the signs to Sekinoo Waterfall.
Walk to the waterfall
There is a five-kilometer hiking trail in Motio Park. It offers stunning views of the mountains, as well as the river and Sekinoo Waterfall itself.
An unforgettable experience is to walk along a swinging suspension bridge through the sparkling suspension that rises from the waterfall.
The Kumaso playground at the top of the hill is ideal for admiring the beautiful views and a family picnic. Slides and play equipment are provided for children.
In the park, you can look into the sanctuary of Motio and get a blessing for a strong relationship and a successful birth.
There are many huge rocks in the park. They were discovered when the sanctuary was being cleaned of the ashes under which it was buried as a result of a nearby volcanic eruption.
Don't forget about the waterfall
Motio Park is a great place for a leisurely stroll and picnic with fantastic views. If you decide to walk to Sekinoo Waterfall, you will spend an unforgettable day in these parts.
Kannonike Park Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in May)
Sakura at Miyakonojo Kannonike Park
Miyakonojo City, located on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki Prefectures, is famous as the city with the highest amount of hometown tax donations in Japan. However, it is also known for its numerous cherry blossom trees. While the cherry blossoms at Mother Chichio are well-known, there is a parking fee of 500 yen, so Kannonike Park is highly recommended instead. The park features a long avenue lined with cherry trees, and the spacious park is planted with cherry blossoms everywhere.
It was a weekday, but many people were enjoying hanami, laying out leisure sheets and eating lunch under the fully bloomed cherry blossoms. The weather was perfect for cherry blossom viewing, with clear skies and peak bloom.
The mountains visible from Kannonike Park were also covered with cherry blossoms on their slopes, turning the entire mountain a light pink, which was truly beautiful.
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