En g l i s hDamask-Modern Fragrance

The Echigo Hillside Park Rose GardenThis fragrance is inherited from theDamask-Classic and is characterized by a strong,passionate but reﬁned fragrance. It is believed thatthe quality of the fragrance diﬀers from theDamask-Classic as its balance of ingredients isdissimilar to the Damask-Classic. Compare andenjoy the various fragrances.

The garden was opened on May 24, 2003. This rose garden was transferredfrom the Hokuriku Seisakusho Company (located in Shimogejo, Nagaoka City)
after having closed its original rose garden in June 2001. Nagaoka City Oﬃce
received many requests from those who hoped for the continuation of the roses
and the City Oﬃce worked for the creation of the garden in Echigo Hillside
Park. You can relax and enjoy the rich fragrance of the roses. In the spring of2023, 20 years after its birth, it was renamed “Nagaoka Fragrant Rose Garden”.
Papa Meilland

Damask Fragrance
and Tea Fragrance
Unlike other ﬂowers, the rosefragrance is not a single fragrance.
For roses, there are more than 540
aromatic components that may bepresent in a variety of complex
combinations. Modern roses weredeveloped over time throughartiﬁcial breeding using original or
hybrid species from Europe and theOrient to create roses with a varietyof colours, bloom forms, and bushtypes. It is widely known that
repeat-ﬂowering was a characteristic
borrowed from Oriental roses as
European roses were all traditionallyonce-blooming. Similarly, thetea-fragrance of Oriental roses has
been mixed with the damask
fragrance of European roses
typically used in perfumes, to create
a diverse range of fragrances. Thesefragrances can be divided into sevendistinct fragrance types.

Myrrh (Anise) Fragrance

Hojun

Through the process of hybridization the rosefragrance had started to disappear, so we began
the International Fragrant Rose Trials in 2005 toencourage appreciation of the beauty of fragrantroses, and to further develop the fragrant rosegarden at Echigo Hillside Park.
Outstanding award-winning roses continue to begrown in the park.
We predict that someday soon a world-famousfragrant rose will be discovered at Echigo
Hillside Park.

Garden Guide
Fragrant hill, double winner of the
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,Transport and Tourism Award in
the 1st International FragrantRose Trials

Fragrant Rose Festivals
We adjust the pruning schedule of the repeat-ﬂowering roses to enable us to hold
two Fragrant Rose Festivals a year which coincide with the spring and autumn
ﬂowering seasons. The festivals include a variety of fun events including craft
activities and interesting seminars.

SpringEnd ofMay

Late
June

AutumnBeginningofOctober

BeginningofNovember

This fragrance is based on the Damask-Classic.
However, it is characterized by slightly strong,spicy fragrances such as clove.

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This fragrance contains a special ingredient thatis completely diﬀerent from the fragrance ofDamasks. It is only moderately fragrant but isreﬁned and elegant. It is the most common
variety of modern rose and although there aresome individual diﬀerence, Hybrid Tea Roses
include an ingredient of this fragrance type.
Lady Hillingdon

Fruity FragranceThis fragrance contains many Damasks andDamask-strains and exhibits the characteristic ofbalancing the Tea ingredients which coexist in thefragrance. The fragrance creates the image offresh fruits such as peach, apricot and apple.

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EchigoHillside Park

Spicy Fragrance

Based on a chemical analysis of the aromatic components,
together with a sensory evaluation performed by smellingthe scent, rose fragrances can largely be divided into sevendiﬀerent fragrance types. Each area or corner in ourFragrant Rose Garden is therefore arranged according tothese fragrance types. By grouping together varieties thattypify each of the seven fragrance types, our visitors are able
to smell and appreciate each fragrance while gaining an
understanding of what the “standard” is for each fragrance
type. You can ﬁnd examples of varieties that are typical ofeach of the seven fragrances in this guidebook.

Blooming season

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Ambridge Rose

The Fragrant Rose Garden
at Echigo Hillside Parkis setting the “standard”
with seven distinct fragrance zones

Tea Fragrance※Flowering time varies by season. Flowering information is provided on our homepage or by telephone.

Myrrh (Anise) fragrance has an herby anise-likescent which incorporates the sweetness of anise
along with a stronger grassy green scent. Itblends well with tea fragrance and is a common
feature of English roses.

Dainty BessA rose fragrance that is well known must be thisclassical fragrance. It has a strong, bright andfull-bodied fragrance and lifts the heart. There areunexpectedly only a few model varieties of modern
roses, and the Tea and fruity fragrances tend toslightly stand out.

Nagaoka

The InternationalFragrant Rose Trials

Damask-Classic Fragrance

Most blue roses which have blue coloured petals
have this type of fragrance. This fragrance
consists mainly of the Damask-Modern and Tea
ingredients and forms a unique fragrance.

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Blue Moon

800 varieties 2,400 rose bushes

entire rose garden fragrant

The Nagaoka Fragrant Rose Garden is a garden that
focuses not only on the beauty of gorgeous colors andshapes, but also on the intoxicating fragrance of roses.
It consists of 8 areas: “Fragrance Area,” “Colour Area,”and “Rose Hall of Fame Area” with mainly modern roses;“Area for Wild Roses in Japan” featuring native Japaneseroses; “Area for Species and Old Roses,” where ancientroses can be systematically viewed; “Rose and FlowerArea” featuring classically styled modern roses; and "TheInternational Fragrant Rose Trial Ground" and the"Award-Winning Rose Area," which houses a collection ofaward-winning roses from the trials.
Please take your time and enjoy the many diﬀerent
charms of roses.

How to smell a rose●●●●Hold the rose by the stem to smell it. The smell of your handwill transfer to the rose if you touch it, so please try not totouch the petals.
Donʼt sniﬀ the rose, instead gently inhale the scent.

Award-Winning
Rose Area

The International Fragrant Rose
Trial GroundAll gold, silver, and bronze
award-winning varieties,
including the special
award-winning varietiesthat won the International
Fragrant Rose Trials, areplanted here, allowing
visitors to see the bestroses from around theworld while reviewing thehistory of the trials.

The International Fragrant Rose Trials will beheld on the theme of reinstating fragrant roses.
The contest aims to award rose varieties ofdistinction by judging them particularly on theirfragrance. Every year, new rose varieties
created by breeders from Japan and worldwide
are invited to enter for a trial production inEchigo Hillside Park in a snowy cold region.

Rose and Flower Area
This garden area is a delight throughout theyear, especially for its fragrance! In thisarea perennials have been planted alongsidecarefully matched roses. All plants in thisarea have been selected for their ability towithstand Echigoʼs snowy winters. Thisgarden oﬀers ideas and inspiration for thehome gardener. The roses in this area are
antique-style modern roses, a blend of thecharacteristics of modern
repeat-ﬂowering roses andthe lovely softdelicate lookof old roses.

Flower Garden
Rest House
Gate

Colour Area
This area is located just beyond
the bus stop giving you your ﬁrst
sight of the park. White coloured
roses which have names associatedwith snow and white representing thekey word "Snow" ofthe Echigo Region
can be seen here. The
gradation of orange,
yellow, red and pinkcolours can beenjoyed in each area.

Standard rosesof the 7 classic
fragrance types

Blue fragrance
StageInhale the scent up to three times and then describe thefragrance. If you smell the rose more than that, your nose will
become accustomed to the scent and you wonʼt be able todiscern the fragrance.

With the philosophy that the ʻBeauty of
the rose lies in its fragranceʼ as our theme,
we selected modern repeat-ﬂowering rosevarieties with a full-bodied fragrance, andplanted them in 6 groups according totheir fragrance type.

Viewing Deck

Damask-classic
fragrance
Spicy fragrance

The number of the variety of wild roses changes
depending on the interpretation of the term [wild], but
Japan is said to have more than 14 varieties among 100 to
200 varieties that exist around the world. This means that
one tenth of the world's wild rose varieties are native toJapan. Wild roses unique to Japan are grown in this area.

Fragrance Area

Café

Tea fragrance

Area for Wild Roses in Japan

Exhale away from the rose. If you breathe on to the rose, theodour of your breath will linger.

Rest RoomVolunteersʼ
CentreDamask-modern
fragrance

Fruity fragrance

Area for Species and Old Roses
Old roses before the creation ofthe modern roses are plantedby groups. In the spring, youcan see a display of old roses
grown over the poplar trees.

Myrrh (Anise)
Fragrance

Rose Hall of Fame Area
A grassed area where Hall of Fame roses are grown.
These roses were inducted into the Rose Hall of Fame atconventions held by the World Federation of Rose Societies
and attended by national rose societies from 40 countries.

Main GateGarland

In spring, you canenjoy a living
garland consisting
mainly of Rambling
Rose which blooms
only once a year.