Wakka Primeval Flower Garden
ワッカ原生花園
A flower garden on a sandbar about 20 km long between Lake Saroma and the Sea of Okhotsk. Private cars are banned, so visitors cycle or ride horse-drawn carriages.
The Wakka Primeval Flower Garden is located on the Lake Saroma sandbar in Tsunoro, Kitami City. “Wakka” means “water” in Ainu, and the garden has a freshwater spring called “Wakka no Mizu.” About 300 wildflower species bloom from June to July, with Ezo-kisuge and hama rose the most famous. General vehicles are prohibited inside the garden. You can rent bicycles at the Wakka Nature Center and ride around, or in summer take a sightseeing horse-drawn carriage to the “Ryūgū Kaidō” (Dragon Palace Street) at the lake mouth. The nature center is open from late April to October, and admission to the garden is free. The garden is about 40 minutes by car from Abashiri city center.
Opening hours
Approx. late April–October; nature center 08:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Lake Saroma
- Lake Notoro Coral Grass (Uparanai)
- Lake Abashiri
- Cape Notoro
- Abashiri Prison Museum
- Okhotsk Ryu-hyo Museum
- Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples
- Moyoro Shell Mound Museum