Metasequoia Avenue
メタセコイア並木35°28′ N 136°02′ ETree avenue
Makino's 2.4 km avenue of about 500 metasequoias suits a slow ride or walk in any season, though it's a local road with traffic and the autumn colour weeks bring jams.
Photo Saigen Jiro · Wikimedia Commons · CC0 and others, credited in the gallery
About 500 metasequoias line 2.4 km of the prefectural road through Makino Pick Land and up towards Makino Kogen. The Makino fruit growers' cooperative planted the first ones in 1981 for a children's farm project, and locals and the prefecture kept planting until the line reached its present length. In 1994 the Yomiuri newspaper picked it for its 'new 100 roadside tree landscapes of Japan'. The Nosaka mountains close off the view at the far end.
Each season looks different. New leaves turn the avenue pale green from late April into May, and it stays deep green from June through October. Autumn colour peaks from late November to early December, and the tourism association calls the shade brick or brown, since metasequoias don't turn maple red. Snow on the branches needs the right weather, though the bare trees in white fields are a winter scene of their own.
This is a road people live on. The tourism association asks visitors not to stop or park on it and to watch for cars while taking photos. Park at Makino Pick Land, which is free and adds temporary car parks in the colour season. There are no lights along the avenue at night beyond the street lamps.
Worth knowing
- From JR Makino Station the Makino Kogen line community bus takes about six minutes to the Makino Pick Land stop.
- Through the colour season, from 14 November to 13 December 2026, the Makino Station rental desk takes no advance bookings and no bikes from other stations.
- Namiki Cafe Metasequoia inside Makino Pick Land looks out over the trees if the weather turns.
Quick answers about Metasequoia Avenueよくある質問
When is the autumn colour at the Metasequoia avenue in Makino?
The tourism association gives late November to early December for most years, with the trees turning brick or brown.
Where do I park for the Metasequoia avenue?
At Makino Pick Land, which is free. Don't stop or park on the avenue itself.
What are the opening hours of Metasequoia Avenue?
Metasequoia Avenue is open the avenue is a public road and has no lighting at night beyond street lamps.
Can you get to Metasequoia Avenue by bike?
The Takashima rental desk at JR Makino Station is the nearest start. Biwaichi Bike and the Maibara Station shop take mid-route returns at the Makino Bussan Kaikan, and Maibara also at Okubiwako Makino Grand Park Hotel.
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