Six places for cosmos flowers in Tokyo

I have already introduced the cosmos festival at Showa Kinen Park, but there are several other places you can see cosmos flowers in Tokyo. Below a selection of six places where you should be able to see cosmos in some form of bloom right now or in the coming weeks.

1. Hama-rikyu gardens - the yellow cosmos started to bloom in September and the other colors have been spotted in the last couple of weeks. They are expected to come into their peak this week.
2. Hirai Sports Park - a huge field of cosmos of pink and purple shades. What makes this location extra special is the Skytree view. They are expected to come into their prime this week.
3. Shinagawa flower road - you can generally see cosmos here from summer to autumn with October being prime viewing time. However, this year the sulphur cosmos reached their peak already, but there are still pinks, purples and other shades to enjoy.
4.  Kasai Rinkai Park - they bloom later here, with prime viewing usually falling in the first week of November. The park use their X (formerly Twitter) account to report on the condition of the flowers.
5. Koganei Park - they bloom a bit earlier here and are actually expected to finish up this week at this location. Bookmark for next year if you can't make it here in the next week!
6. Adachi Urban Agriculture Park - they have shades of pink, purple and some white cosmos too. Generally you can see cosmos here for the month of October.

Have you been to any of these gardens for their cosmos? If so, let us know your impressions in comments or, better yet, in the review section of City-cost. Also, have you any recommendations of places to view cosmos flowers in Tokyo?