Autumn - Showa Kinen Park [4k] 昭和記念公園 I Tachikawa-shi Tokyo I JAPAN

Showa Memorial Park (昭和記念公園, Shōwa Kinen Kōen) is a park in the city of Tachikawa,
30 minutes from central Tokyo by train. Spanning over 160 hectares, this huge park boasts a
variety of natural spaces, seasonal flowers, water features, museums and sports facilities.
The park was opened in 1983 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Emperor Showa's reign.
Showa Memorial Park is also a popular destination for autumn color viewing.
The leaves in the park usually change color already around mid November,
typically a couple of weeks earlier than the trees in central Tokyo.
The park's premier places for autumn colors are the ginkgo tree-lined canal
in the southeast corner and the Japanese Garden with its many maple trees.
Showa Kinen Park is the most beautiful in autumn, with the maple and
ginkgo trees blushing in fiery red and yellow. The Ginkgo trees are the
first to turn, usually from the end of October, and you can see a boulevard
of them lining the 300m-long streetheading towards Tachikawa.