Walk Through the Wisteria Tunnel at Kawachi Fuji Gardens, in Kitakyushu Japan

“When we entered the garden we were directed first down one of the wisteria tunnels. The wisteria were already past their prime but absolutely magnificent all the same. At the end of the tunnel there is a short uphill climb to a vast and even more spectacular canopy of wisteria. I’d always thought of wisteria as purple but there were many different colours and varieties at the Kawachi Fuji Garden, from white through pink and various shades of purple to an unusual double flowered variety.”

“Two years ago, I did my first trip to this wisteria tunnel with my three friends. We left the Base at 4 a.m (yes, 4 a.m!). We arrived at the garden a little bit after 7 a.m. It was only four of us (plus an old man who worked there) at that time. I thought we needed to wait until 8 a.m, but the guard was letting us in. We got some amazing empty wisteria tunnel pictures that time.”

“I’m sleepwalking through an exquisite wisteria tunnel, I don’t want to wake up”, it’s probably the appropriate words to describe Kawachi Fuji Garden Kitakyushu the first time we stepped into the garden. Purple and white wisterias turn half moon shaped tunnels into most beautiful tunnel I ever seen. And the fresh scent of wisteria really is a reminder the beauty springs ever bring.”