A plum festival at Expo '70 Commemorative Park in Suita City, held in the plum groves of the Natural Cultural Gardens and the Japanese Garden. In 2026 it ran from February 7 to March 8.
There are about 680 ume trees of some 140 varieties, one of the largest variety collections in the Kyoto–Osaka–Kobe area. You can see "Kasugano", which bears red and white flowers on the same branch, and "Kureha Shidare", a classic weeping plum.
In 2026 the programme included "Osaka Ume no Jin 2026" with umeshu tasting, ume sweets and umeboshi comparisons, tea served at the Senri-an tea house in the Japanese Garden on weekends and holidays, a sour-face umeboshi contest (February 22), an umeboshi stone-spitting contest (March 1) and early-spring rakugo (March 7).
Hours are 9:30–17:00 (last entry 16:30), closed on Wednesdays. The combined admission to the Natural Cultural Gardens and the Japanese Garden was 260 yen for adults and 80 yen for elementary and junior high school students.
Dates are based on the organizers' announcements and may change with the weather or the bloom. Please check the official information before you go.