End Jan. ~ Mid Mar. :
Yugawara Bairin Plum Orchrd "Ume no Utage" Plum Festival
Various events are held throughout the season at this plum orchard, which boasts around 4,000 trees with red and white blossoms. The trees are decorated with lights, and at nighttime the blossoms are brilliantly lit up.
Entrance fee: 200 yen per person (15 years of age and above *Excluding middle school students) *Entrance is free for guests staying at Yugawara Onsen.<Place>
Yugawara Plum Orchard (Yugawara Makuyama Park)
Take the bus bound for "Kajiya" from Yugawara Sta. on the JR Tokaido Line. Ride for 10 minutes and get off at "Shinsatsujo-mae," and it is a 25-minute walk. (During "Ume no Utage" there are special buses bound for "Makuyama Park.")
> Makuyama Park
> Yugawara Spa
> Yugawara Plum Orchard “Ume no Utage” : February 6 (Sat) to March 14 (Sun)
Beg. Feb. ~ Beg. Mar. : Sankei-en Garden Plum Viewing Festival
Mochitsuki (pounding rice for rice cake), Japanese lion dance show, Haiku event, Japanese dancing, and more. <Place>
Sankei-En Garden at Naka Ward Yokohama City
Mar. 1st Sat. & Sun : Oyama Tofu Festival
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Oyama at Isehara City
30 min. by bus to Terminal for Oyama-Cable-eki from North Gate of Isehara Sta. on the Odakyu Line.
> Oyama Tofu Festival : March 5 (Sat) to March 6 (Sun)
Mar. 1st Sun : Miura International Citizen Marathon
The only scenic beauty marathon course in a metropolitan area.
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Kamimiyata at Minami-Shitaura Town Miura City
Miura-Kaigan Sta. on the Keikyu.
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Kamimiyata at Minami-Shitaura Town Miura City
Miura-Kaigan Sta. on the Keikyu.
Mid. Mar. : Shonan International Marathon
The first international marathon to be held in Shonan Enoshima. Lots of runners will make their way along Route 134, which runs along the Shonan coastline, urged on by exhilarating sea breezes.
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Enoshima Aquarium-toward Chigasaki-Enoshima
15 min. walk from Katase-Enoshima Sta. on the Odakyu Line, Enoshima Sta. on the Enoden Railway and Shonan-Enoshima Sta. on the Shonan Monorail.
> Enoshima Aquarium
> Shonan Beach (Enoshima Katase beach. Tsujido Beach Park)
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Enoshima Aquarium-toward Chigasaki-Enoshima
15 min. walk from Katase-Enoshima Sta. on the Odakyu Line, Enoshima Sta. on the Enoden Railway and Shonan-Enoshima Sta. on the Shonan Monorail.
> Enoshima Aquarium
> Shonan Beach (Enoshima Katase beach. Tsujido Beach Park)
Mar. 27 : Sengokuhara Yudate Shishimai Lion Dance
Blessing ceremony with hot water, which is thrown on the head of worshipers with bamboo grass. <Place>
Suwa Shrine at Sengokuhara Hakone Town