It is autumn and today is the Sports Day (national holiday).
I visited Showa Memorial Park in Tachikawa city, about 30 km west from central Tokyo, to see cosmos blossom.
The Park opened in 1983 commemorating the 50th anniversary of Emperor Showa’s inauguration. The site was originally used by U.S. Air Force till the 1960s and returned to Japan.
The park is huge. It has large playing fields, ponds, flower fields and bird sanctuaries.
There are three cosmos flower fields in the park. The largest one has 2 million flowers. Pink, violet and white flowers were full open. Hundreds of visitors enjoy the blossom.
Yellow cosmos was planted in another field. Bees flied from a flower to others.
There are bases of Japan’s Self Defense Force and rescue operation organizations outside the park. Helicopters and small airplanes were parked. Many helicopters flew from here to Tohoku district after the Great East Japan Earthquake in March.
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