• Now in its 129th year, the Mito Plum Festival is one of the largest festivals in Mito City, where you can enjoy 3,000 plum trees of approximately 100 varieties. A new night event, Kairakuen UME The Lights, will be held at the festival!
• The worldview of yin and yang that the founder, Tokugawa Nariaki, instilled in Kairakuen will be expressed in a way that can only be achieved at night through new lighting effects.
• In and around Kairakuen, there are a variety of food stalls, food trucks, and special booths. There are also special menus available only during the Plum Festival, so please enjoy these in addition to the illuminations.

Kairakuen, one of Japan's three most famous gardens in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, will be lit up for the first time in a night event! Enjoy the fantastic plum blossoms at night in Kairakuen, which looks different from daytime.