Blake Shinn steered Ashikaga ($2.20 fav) over from barrier 14 to take the lead on the fence and the big gelding fought off the challenge from Royalaz to win by 1-1/2 lengths. Ashikaga is raced by ...

Ashikaga Flower Park is home to one of Japan's most impressive wisteria festivals The Fujinohana Monogatari Ofuji Festival 2025 in Tochigi also has evening light-ups, and it's about two hours from ...

Photo: Ashikaga Flower Resort Co., Ltd. Lastly between January 1 and February 16, the Lights and Winter Peonies theme takes over, celebrating the park's wintersweet shrubs and winter plum blossoms.

Step into Ashikaga Flower Park, home to Japan's oldest wisteria, and experience a floral paradise of vibrant colors and serene beauty. J. Lo, Billie Eilish and Rod Stewart grab American Music ...

ASHIKAGA, Tochigi Prefecture--The Ashikaga Flower Park here ranks as the top illumination park in Japan for good reason: The 100,000-square-meter area undergoes a fairytale transformation every ...

ASHIKAGA, Tochigi Prefecture--Vertical solar panels, while now a rare sight on farmland in Japan, in this case a rice paddy, look set to transform the nation’s landscape in years to come.

Ashikaga Flower Park is also home to more than 5,000 azalea bushes which compliment the pastel colors of the wisteria trees and usually reach their full bloom from mid April to early May. The ...

Access information for both Ashikaga Flower Park and the Fujinohana Monogatari Ofuji Festival 2022 festival can be found below. Address: 607 Hasamacho, Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture 329-4216 ...

Rates on Ashikaga Scramble’s website start at ¥800,000 JPY ($7,575 USD) for video work and ¥500,000 JPY ($4,735 USD) for photography sessions.