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 The Iris Garden is about a hectare in area, and a million stocks in 1,500 varieties of Japanese Iris are cultivated both for exhibition and preservation. Season of Japanese Iris is usually from late May to mid June, starting with early-bloomers and numerous cultivars in bloom altogether at best period. |
| Nagayamon Entrance and Japanese Iris Combination of Nagayamon Entrance of Kamo Palace and Japanese Iris field in front of it;symbolic scene of Kamo Garden. Through this gate that was built in 1773(mid Edo era), you can proceed to the Village Headman's Palace Kamo Palace. |
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| Extensive Garden The Garden has bred many original hybrids by itself, and it has preserved many old excellent cultivars dating back to the Edo era. The iris start blooming in early May, their main season is from late May to mid June. The best period is mid June, when the Garden has many visitors. A picture on the right shows the Iris Garden in mid June, catching the most beautiful moment in the year of the Garden, brilliant scene under the sunshine of a brief interval of the rainy season. |
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| Pond with Water Lilies The Iris Garden has a big pond in it, where you can appreciate Water Lilies in bloom from June to September. |
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| Barn of Kamo Palace and Japanese Iris Appeal of Kamo Garden consists in a point that a combination of vast Iris Garden and historical village headman's palace, in front of Japanese Cedar woods with dignified air, realises old Japanese rural scene. |
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 A rest station is installed by the Iris Garden. Shoya-Bento box lunch is served here. |
 You can see many original hybrid Iris of the Garden here. Kinkan(Golden Crest). |
 Souseiki(Genesis), another original hybrid. |
 Yume-no-Hagoromo(Lace of Dream), an original hybrid which was bred in 1997. |
 Japanese Iris field in front of the rest station. |