Showa Kinen Park, Nishi Tachikawa (October 8th)

Cosmos bipinnatus cv. Akatsuki.

We went to Show Kinen Park in Nishi Tachikawa to see some Cosmos flowers.
At the famous hill of Cosmos, it was too early for its peak, but we could enjoy seeing quite a few Cosmos flowers blooming.

昭和記念公園へコスモスを見に行ってきました。
「コスモスの丘」は、まだまだ２～３分咲きといった様子でしたが、原っぱ脇では、かなりコスモスが咲いていました。もうひとつ、印象に残ったのは、キンモクセイ。こんなにたくさん植えられていたんですね。どこを歩いても、甘い香りが漂っている感じでした。


Osmanthus fragrans var. aurantiacus (Kinmokusei).
The tiny orange flowers smell so sweet...
立派なキンモクセイの木がたくさんあって、風に乗って、甘い香りが園内に立ちこめていました。


Osmanthus fragrans var. aurantiacus (Kinmokusei).
冬が近づいているのを感じさせるような香りです。


There were some waterlilies, too.


Cosmos bipinnatus cv. Super Vicky Mix.
This kind has huge flowers!
この品種、花が大きくて、目を惹きます。


Cosmos bipinnatus cv. Super Vicky Mix.


Cosmos bipinnatus cv. Versaills Mix.


Cosmos bipinnatus cv. Versaills Mix.
I like this one best.
色合いは、この品種が気に入りました。


Cosmos bipinnatus cv. Akatsuki.
色や柄のバリエーションが豊かです。


Cosmos bipinnatus cv. Happy Ring.


Cosmos bipinnatus cv. Happy Ring.
確かにリングが浮き出ています。


Maple leaves didn't turn red yet...
風はすっかり秋を感じさせますが、紅葉はまだまだ先のようで…


Cleome hassleriana (Seiyou Fuuchouu-sou).
今秋、バーベキュー広場脇に植えられたのは、クレオメ。
密集して植えてあると、見ごたえがあります。


Cosmos bipinnatus cv. Rubenza.
この手の渋い色系のコスモスも最近、流行ってますよね。


Cleome hassleriana (Seiyou Fuuchouu-sou).


Cleome hassleriana (Seiyou Fuuchouu-sou).


Cosmos bipinnatus cv. Antiquity.


Cleome hassleriana (Seiyou Fuuchouu-sou).


Cosmos bipinnatus and Cosmos sulphureus.
こんな風に色とりどり、混ぜて植えてあるのが一番、きれいかも…


Cosmos bipinnatus and Cosmos sulphureus.


Cosmos bipinnatus and Cosmos sulphureus.
ピンク系だけより、黄色系だけよりも断然、見栄えがします。


Cosmos bipinnatus and Cosmos sulphureus.
花弁が筒状になっている品種もありました。
素敵です。


Cleome hassleriana (Seiyou Fuuchouu-sou).


A lot of Ginkgo biloba nuts.
立川駅方面の出口へ向かう途中、銀杏が鈴なりになってました。

Showa Kinen Park, Nishi Tachikawa (October 31st)

The fall color was starting there.

We went to Showa Kinen Park in Nishi Tachikawa. In the Japanese garden we saw some beautiful maple trees with red, orange and yellow leaves. They held some citizen's festival on the way back to Tachikawa Sta. and at a tent of Polish people, we saw a lady, whose maiden name was the same as my friend, Daniel's! He is from the U.S. but his grandfather came from Poland. Pretty interesting! They sold some nice pottery made in Poland, Bolesławiec, and got a bowl with beautiful indigo graze.


Camellia sasanqua (Sazanka).


Crocus sativus (Saffron Crocus).


Cosmos "Yellow Garden".
There was nothing left at the famous hill of cosmos in this park.


The yellow cosmos and the cosmos flowers of "Campus" series were still blooming.


The maple trees in the Japanese garden.


The pond in the Japanese garden.


It looks like stained glass.


It looks so beautiful through the sunlight.


A boat filled with chrysanthemum was on the pond.


Kaniska canace (Ruri Tateha).


The cat living around the Japanese garden.
I think I took a picture of this cat before.
またまたいました。日本庭園前の主（？）の猫さんです。
いろんな人が近づいてもまったく動じず、さらに貫禄が増したような感じでした。


The Ginkgo biloba trees at the Tachikawa entrance of the park.
They were starting to get yellow.


What do you think of this?
These are the drops of water falling at the fountain in the park.

Showa Kinen Park, Nishi Tachikawa (December 20th)

Illumination in Showa Kinen Park.

We went to see the Christmas illumination in Showa Kinen Park, Nishi Tachikawa.
There were lots of people and we saw some fireworks before we left there.


When I shook my camera, then the picture turned out to be like this. Interesting.

Showa Kinen Park, Nishi Tachikawa (September 23rd)

It was a little too early for the cosmos flowers.

We went to see the cosmos flowers in Showa Kinen Park, but it was a little too early for them. However, we found lots of kinds of Dahlia flowers in this park.


Lycoris aurea (Shouki-zuisen)


Dahlia


Dahlia


Dahlia


Dahlia


Dahlia


Dahlia

Showa Kinen Park, Nishi Tachikawa (October 18th)

The Hill of Cosmos.
コスモスの丘。まさに見頃です。

Today I went to see cosmos flowers in Showa Kinen Park, Nishi Tachikawa. Lots of kinds of cosmos flowers were blooming. The main patch of cosmos flowers there was in peak.

昭和記念公園にコスモスを見に行ってきました。色とりどりの様々なコスモスの花であふれていました。「コスモスの丘」のコスモスもちょうど見頃でした。


First of all, I had some sweets bought at Tachikawa sta. on the way.
立川駅エキュート内で買ったTokyo Sweets Factoryの奥沢ロールとエクレアでまずは腹ごしらえ。


Cosmos "Diabolo"




Cosmos "Orange Campus"


Cosmos "Yellow Campus"








Cosmos "Crimson Campus"


Cosmos "Deep Red Campus"










Another kind of yellow cosmos.






Cosmos "Hinomaru"


Cosmos "Orange Flare"


Cosmos "Double Click"


Cosmos "Double Click"


Cosmos "Double Click"


Yellow cosmos flowers.


At the Japanese garden there. The maple leaves were starting to turn red.


Osmanthus asiaticus (Ginmokusei)
ギンモクセイ。日本庭園の片隅でひっそり咲いていました。甘い香りがします。


This cat was at the entrance of the Japanese garden last time, too.
またも同じ猫がまどろんでいました。


Cosmos "Yellow Garden"






Graphium sarpedon (Aosuji Ageha)