The beautiful red lily is considered one of the symbolic flowers of Japanese autumn. In Japanese, spider lilies are called higanbana, the flowers grow on bushes, are several tens of centimeters high and often bloom simultaneously, creating a scene like a sea of beautiful flowers. Photo: ikidane-nippon

Tourists are often familiar with the image of Japanese autumn, with carpets of brightly colored yellow and red leaves everywhere, but from mid-September to October, red lilies bloom, signaling a new autumn. Photo: Keisuke Moriya

O-higan is the autumn equinox (September 23) and is also a holiday in Japan. In Japanese, higan means “the world of the deceased” and O-higan is a day for Japanese people to remember and visit the graves of their ancestors. Therefore, Higanbana is known as a flower that symbolizes “the beauty of death” in Japanese, Chinese and Korean cultures. Photo: Aichi Now

The best time to see and photograph spider lilies is when the sun shines brightly on the flower bed at dawn or dusk. At this time, visitors only need to raise their cameras to take beautiful and bright photos. Photo: Keisuke Moriya

In the Kanto region, visitors to Kinchakuda Park in Saitama Prefecture will be able to see Japan’s largest field with more than 5 million trees that bloom each fall. Additionally, Kenei Gongendo Park in Saitama Province and Gugyo-ji Temple in Ibaraki Province are two places where many spider lilies are grown.

Arriving in the Kansai region, tourists who want to see spider lilies cannot miss the Anao-ji temple in the ancient capital of Kyoto, the Katsuragi Hitokotonushi temple in Nara prefecture or the Katsuhama park in Shiga prefecture. Photo: Aichi Now

In the Chubu region, especially in the city of Handa, Aichi Prefecture, visitors will admire 3 million red cypress trees blooming along the banks of the Yakachi River. After strolling along the river and admiring the scenery, you can visit the nearby Nankichi Niimi Memorial Museum. Photo: japandailyscenes

Cypress flowers are not only found in large parks but also grow in forests or rural roads, showing off their bright colors next to the green of trees and vegetables.

Those visiting Tohoku in autumn should visit Haguroyama Park in Miyagi Prefecture to take photos of the spider lily flowerbed without paying an entrance fee. As for the Kyushu region, the Tsuzura fields in Fukuoka will bring another unique scene to visitors in autumn when red lilies are planted to adorn the newly ripening rice fields. Photo: JNTO

Flower festivals are held wherever there are many spider lilies, however, the largest and most famous event takes place in Kinchakuda Park, in the city of Hidaka, Saitama Prefecture, about 1 hour from Tokyo.

Flower festivals are an opportunity for tourists and people from the surrounding area to see flowers, enjoy specialties, buy local products or go camping, picnic… However, in the last two years due to the pandemic, people do not organize festivals to avoid gathering of tourists. Photo: zekkeijapan

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