Hanamiyama Park, Mountain flower garden in Fukushima, Japan

Hanamiyama Park is a flower garden spread across a hillside in Fukushima with more than 70 varieties of spring blooms including cherry blossoms, plum trees, and forsythia. The flowers blanket the slopes and create expansive views from the higher elevations looking across the flowering terrain.

The Abe family, who owned the hill, turned from sericulture and forestry to selling wild-picked flowers for ikebana after the 1929 crash and the 1930s silk price collapse. They cleared the slope with hoes and planted flowering trees; after the war they resumed cultivation, and in April 1959 Abe Ichiro named the site Hanamiyama Park and opened it free of charge.

The name Hanamiyama was given by owner Ichiro Abe when he opened the private grounds free of charge in April 1959. Because the slopes remain private property, hanami parties and drinking are not allowed; visitors instead walk the paths. The area's cut branches are sold as greenery, and the trees are pruned about a metre above ground, giving them the shape of an upside-down brush.

The site is free to visit and accessible without admission charges, though parking can be tight during peak flower season. Visitors can use shuttle buses from temporary parking areas or arrive early to find open spaces.

From the hilltop, visitors witness the Azuma mountain range rising beyond the slopes while multicolored flowers blanket the terrain below. This contrast between distant peaks and the blooming foreground creates a view that combines landscape and flowers in a way few other gardens offer.