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🪷 11 Spectacular Lotus Flower Spots in Kanto
🪷11 spots in Kanto where you can enjoy lotus flowers
🪷The joy of photographing lotus flowers in the morning light
📸Precautions to take beautiful pictures of lotus flowers

🪷 11 Spectacular Lotus Flower Spots in Kanto

Shinobazu Pond is a photography spot where you can enjoy different charms in the early morning and evening. In the early summer morning, the lotus flowers blooming across the pond are beautiful, and capturing the lotus bathed in soft morning light is ideal. The size and color of the lotus flowers reflect on the pond's tranquil surface, allowing you to capture a fantastical shot.

Mizumoto Park｜A soft shot of lotus in the foreground

In this photo at Mizumoto Park, I focused firmly on the lotus flower in the foreground and softly blurred the background to create a soft impression.

Machida Yakushiike Park ｜A sign of lotus beginning to bloom

This photo was taken at the lotus pond in Machida Yakushiike Park, just before the lotus flowers began to bloom, a moment that reminded us of the changing seasons.

Institute for Ecological and Harmonious Agriculture, The University of Tokyo

The University of Tokyo's Institute for Ecological Harmony and Agricultural Sciences is a research facility located in Nishi-Tokyo City, Tokyo, and is not usually open to the public. Many photographers visit for this rare opportunity, and it is one of the best places in Tokyo to photograph lotus flowers....

Ancient lotus village

Ancient Lotus Village is a beautiful spot where lotus flowers blooming in a quiet pond are a highlight. Especially early in the morning, when the lotus flowers are slowly blooming, the sight of the lotus reflected on the surface of the water in the clear air before the summer sun rises creates a mysterious atmosphere. Petals wet with morning dew catch the soft light...

Nambada Castle Park

Nambada Castle Park is a quiet park located in Fujimi City, Saitama Prefecture, where historical castle ruins and rich nature are in harmony. The park is filled with seasonal flowers and greenery, and visitors can enjoy the serenity of the park every time they visit. Especially in summer, ancient lotuses and water lilies bloom around the pond, and their reflections on the water...

Honjo Sogo Park

Honjo Comprehensive Park is a photographic spot where visitors can enjoy the expression of flowers in each season. In early spring, the plum blossoms bloom, offering a serene atmosphere and a sense of the arrival of spring. Then, during the cherry blossom season, the park is enveloped in a soft pink color, making it a perfect place to take pictures while strolling around. In early summer, lotus flowers can be seen...

Furukawa Kouhou Park

In spring, Furukawa Kouhou Park is decorated with bright pink flowering peaches. Walking through the park, you will see flowers of various shades of pink blooming, creating a beauty like a spring painting. The contrast with the blue sky makes this season a must-see moment to capture with your camera. In early summer, the pond...

Chiba Park

Chiba Park in Chiba City is surrounded by seasonal flowers and lush greenery, and has a tranquil atmosphere that makes it hard to believe that it is located so close to the city center. In early summer, the Ooga lotus blooms by the pond, its petals shining through in the soft morning light, creating a gentle, clean look. Inside the park...

Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine｜A moment at a quiet pond decorated with white lilies

This photograph was taken as a record of the beautiful, pure white, well-formed lotus flowers found in the lotus pond at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, and is one that adds color to the tranquil pond scene.

Ofuna Flower Center｜The presence of pink lotus

This photo was taken at the Ofuna Flower Center, looking up at the bright pink lotus flowers from below at an angle, a composition that accentuates the flowers' presence.

🪷11 spots in Kanto where you can enjoy lotus flowers

■Address List

Shinobazu Pond
Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo
The lotus early in the morning in summer and the Benten-do and evening views are beautiful in the evening, making this a photographic spot whose expression changes with the time of day.

Mizumoto Park
3-2, Mizumoto Koen, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo
This park is rich in nature where you can leisurely take pictures of irises, hydrangeas, ancient lotuses, and other early summer flowers and waterside scenery.

Machida Yakushiike Park
3270 Nozuda-cho, Machida-shi, Tokyo
Centered around a pond and a drum bridge, this park is rich in nature where visitors can enjoy hydrangea, iris, lotus, and even autumn leaves.

Institute for Ecological and Harmonious Agriculture, The University of Tokyo
1-1-1 Midori-cho, Nishitokyo-shi, Tokyo
The lotus pond is open to the public only during a limited period in summer, and is a well-known lotus photography spot in Tokyo.

Ancient lotus village
2375-1, Oaza-Kohari, Gyoda-shi, Saitama
It is a popular summer photo spot with fantastic lotus flowers blooming early in the morning and rice paddy art.

Nambada Castle Park
568-1 Shimonanbata, Fujimi-shi, Saitama, Japan
The serene atmosphere of the castle ruins and ancient lotuses and water lilies harmonize in this quiet park.

Honjo Sogo Park
433 Kitabori, Honjo City, Saitama Prefecture
This is a park rich in nature where you can leisurely enjoy seasonal flowers such as plum blossoms, cherry blossoms, and lotus.

Furukawa Kouhou Park
399-1 Konosu, Koga City, Ibaraki Prefecture
The park offers gorgeous seasonal scenery, with peach blossoms in spring and lotus blossoms in early summer being the highlights.

Chiba Park
3-1-1 Benten, Chuo-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba
The park is beautiful with oga lotus in early summer and has a calm atmosphere surrounded by water and greenery.

Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine
2-1-31 Yukinoshita, Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture
The shrine offers a summer scene typical of Kamakura, where the historic precincts harmonize with the lotuses of Genpei Pond.

Ofuna Flower Center
Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture
This is a botanical garden in Kamakura where visitors can enjoy seasonal flowers and take pictures in a variety of flowerbeds and greenhouses.

🪷The joy of photographing lotus flowers in the morning light

One of the great attractions of photographing lotus flowers is that they can be enjoyed in the quietness of early morning. The sight of the stem rising from the surface of the water and softly opening into a flower is very graceful and gives the viewer a special scene that can only be encountered on summer mornings. The sight of the pale pink and white petals shining softly in the morning light is so beautiful that just looking at them is calming and makes you naturally want to snap the shutter.

The lotus is attractive not only for the beauty of the flowers themselves, but also for their reflection on the surface of the water and their combination with large leaves. A short walk around the pond will reveal a variety of expressions, such as morning dew on the round leaves, or flowers in bud, at the beginning of blooming, and in their waning stages, all in the same pond. It is a good idea to blur the background to capture a single flower in a striking way, or to include the entire pond in a summer scene.

The impression of lotus flowers, in particular, varies greatly depending on the time of day. Flowers that open early in the morning are fresh and the light is soft, making it easier to beautifully express the transparency and three-dimensionality of the petals. In the quiet hours before the heat of the day gets too intense, you can enjoy the beauty of each individual flower by the pond. This calm time is perhaps the most enjoyable aspect of photographing lotus flowers.

📸Precautions to take beautiful pictures of lotus flowers

Aiming for the soft light of early morning

Since lotus flowers open beautifully in the morning, early morning is the best time to photograph them. By taking advantage of the soft light before the strong sunlight, the light colors and transparency of the petals can be expressed beautifully.

Be aware of the transparency of petals

The petals of a lotus flower in the morning sun shine through slightly. If you are conscious of backlighting and oblique light, you can create a gentle and fantastic atmosphere.

Blurring the background to capture a single flower in a striking way

Because of their well-defined shape, lotus flowers have a strong presence even when only one flower is the main subject. By softly blurring the leaves and pond in the background, the beauty of the flower is enhanced.

Combine large leaves and water surfaces

The unique charm of the lotus lies not only in the flower, but also in the combination with the large leaves and the surface of the water. By including the rounded shape of the leaves and the reflection of the water surface, the photo becomes cool and has depth.

Look for buds and scattered blossoms.

Not only the blooming flowers, but also the buds that are about to open and the appearance after the petals have fallen off have a beauty that is uniquely lotus. If you take pictures with an awareness of the stages of growth, you can create a picture that tells a story.

Find a composition from a lower position

If you lower your eyes a little, the lotus flowers will be out of the sky and in the background, creating a cleaner look. By changing your standing position according to the height and orientation of the flower, you will find it easier to find a more beautiful composition.

Capturing the quiet morning air together

Lotus flowers are very compatible with the serenity of early morning. By capturing the surface of the pond, morning dew, and soft light together at a time of day when there are few people around, you can express the serene atmosphere of a summer morning.