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Nishi Tachikawa entrance to Showa Kinen Park. Use your Suica card or buy tickets from the vending machine. The signboard promotes the flowers currently in bloom: red poppies.
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After entering the park through the Nishi-Tachikawa Entrance, you see this scene of the Waterfowl Pond and pedal boats. 水鳥の池
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Pedal boats are very popular. This is the boat dock.
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Long line to buy tickets for the pedal boats. This was during Golden Week in early May 2023.
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Another long line to get on the boat.
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Waterfowl Pond.
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Waterfowl Pond.
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The park has multiple ponds, but this Waterfowl Pond is the largest one.
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Lots of large trees for shade.
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Long line to rent a bicycle at Nishi-Tachikawa Cycle Center. Only ¥600 for 3 hours. 西立川口サイクルセンター
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Types of bicycles available for rent. But all gone. Long wait.
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More large trees.
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Oka Cafe built with wood from the Tama Region of Tokyo. オカカフェ
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Since it was a sunny day, many people brought their own tents and stayed under the tree shade.
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Long lines at most refreshment stands. This one was for snow cones.
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Center of the park is this large lawn where people can play. Called "Minna no Harappa" or Field for All. みんなの原っぱ
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The large field is lined with shady trees along the fringe. Most must be cherry blossoms.
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The park is fringed with a tree-lined walking path.
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Pleasant place to be with all the trees and greenery. Wise decision to convert the former Tachikawa US Air Force Base into this park.
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Directional signs in English.
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Rental bicycles are popular to get around the large park.
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Train-shaped bus to get around the park.
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Entrance to the Japanese Garden.
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Map of Japanese garden at Showa Kinen Park. The Japanese garden is a 20-min. walk from the Nishi Tachikawa park entrance. That's how big the park is.
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Peonies
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Peony
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Japanese garden at Showa Kinen Park.
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Showa Kinen Park's Japanese garden.
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Showa Kinen Park's Japanese garden.
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Showa Kinen Park's Japanese garden.
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Red poppy field on the western fringe of the large field. Called the Bouquet Garden. ブーケガーデン
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The field of red poppies has a walking path in the middle. Poppy field is much bigger than it looks.
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The field of red Shirley poppies at Showa Kinen Park. シャーレーポピー
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The field of red poppies at Showa Kinen Park.
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Bouquet Garden has poppies mixed in with other flowers blooming in May. Perfect to make a bouquet, but we're not allowed to pick the flowers. シャーレーポピー
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Pretty flowers.
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Other flowers in the mix include dianthus and delphinium.
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Path through the Bouquet Garden's poppies and other flowers.
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More red poppies.
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The field of red poppies at Showa Kinen Park.
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The field of red poppies at Showa Kinen Park.
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Bouquet Garden's poppies and other flowers at Showa Kinen Park.
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Nemophila (baby blue eyes). There's more on a large slope elsewhere in the park.
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Closeup of nemophila (baby blue eyes)
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Moss pink
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Cornflowers
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Reminds me of artist Murakami Takashi.
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Patches of tulips already finished blooming. Must've been colorful from late March to mid-April.
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Across this pond was a crowd ogling baby blue eyes.
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Showa Kinen Park also has a large slope with nemophila (baby blue eyes). Crowd favorite.
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Nemophila (baby blue eyes) at Showa Kinen Park, Tachikawa, Tokyo.
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Nemophila (baby blue eyes)
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JR Nishi-Tachikawa Station, the closest train station to the park. A bridge connects the station to the park entrance.
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Nishi Tachikawa park entrance (admission charged). The following photos were taken during cherry blossom season.
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Waterfowl Pond and boats. Grass is still dry and not green in April.
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Boat pier
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Oiutdoor cafe near the boat house.
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Putter golf course
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Transportation
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The large field named "Minna no Harappa" or Field for All. みんなの原っぱ
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Cherry blossoms
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Cherry blossoms bloom from late March to mid-April.
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Cherry blossoms
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Japanese Garden 日本庭園
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Bonsai exhibition
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Bonsai exhibition
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Cherry blossoms
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Water Fountain
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Katarai Promenade and canal
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Emperor Showa Memorial Museum within Hana-midori Bunka Center. One-room museum with various exhibits on Emperor Showa (Hirohito). His marine biology lab is reproduced, a horse-drawn carriage, videos, etc., are shown. 昭和天皇記念館
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Inside Hana-midori Bunka Center
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Hana-midori Bunka Center
     
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