Cosmos Festival in Showa Kinen Park

Showa Memorial (Kinen) Park is one of the most popular and famous places for cosmos flowers in Tokyo. Each year in Autumn they have an almost two month long cosmos festival and it is on right now. This year it started on September 6th and runs until Sunday October 26th.

One of the highlights of the cosmos in Showa Kinen Park is their yellow or golden cosmos, Kibana cosmos キバナコスモス in Japanese. Moreover, they have a yellow landscape door at the golden cosmos field which adds the perfect focal point. But they also have other colors of cosmos, some of which line a row of kochia bushes. The Kochia themselves are also a draw as they change colors at this time of year, first green then pink and then red. 

Showa Memorial Park is located in Tachikawa City and is just 30 minutes from central Tokyo by train, via either the JR Chuo Line or JR Nambu Line. The sprawling park spans over 160 hectares. There is an entrance fee to the park of 450 yen per adult.