Hydrangea @ Fuchu Open Air museum: June 23, 2012

Ask me the images of June in Tokyo. The answers may include rain, the summer solstice, firefly and hydrangea, not June bride or father’s day.

Today was fortunately a fine day (though it is still rainy season in Tokyo), so I visited Fuchu-no-mori open air museum in Fuchu City to enjoy hydrangea today.


There are about 10 thousands of hydrangea plants in the place. Purple, blue, pink and white flowers were fully open. I found various kinds of hydrangea flowers.

Fuchu is about 20 km west from Shinjuku, Tokyo’s largest commercial area. The capital of Musashi country was placed here in the 7th century. The city is famous for Tokyo Racecourse and Okunitama Shrine.

It is midsummer season. We have about 12 and half hours of daylight in Tokyo at this season. The sun rose at 4:25 am and set at 7:00 pm on June 21, the summer solstice day, according to the Meteorological Agency.