Showa Memorial Park
Tachikawa: Park/garden
 
Showa Memorial Park: Tachikawa
Tachikawa / Park/garden
Open 9:30am-5pm daily.
Admission Y450
Average visit time: 30-120 minutes

This vast, 160-hectare park is a good place to see flowers in bloom all year round. Also located on the park grounds are a gigantic summertime pool area, a Japanese garden, and a popular dog park. Rental bikes and an in-park shuttle service are available to make it easier to get around.

Note that the park closes thirty minutes earlier (at 4:30pm) between November 1 and the end of February. It is open until 6pm on weekends and holidays between April 1 and September 30, and it is closed on the fourth Monday of February and the following day, as well as a few days over the New Year's holiday.

Tachikawa-shi, Midoricho 3173.
6 minutes from Tachikawa Station (JR line)
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