Flowers in Tokyo
3 flower experiences and 16 pages on its gardens, flowers and customs in Tokyo, Japan.
Things to do with flowers in Tokyo
2 are in season this month.
🇯🇵 Tokyo · Feb to NovShinjuku Gyoen through the seasonsA large former imperial garden in central Tokyo with a long cherry season and an autumn chrysanthemum show.
🇯🇵 Tokyo · All yearOta Market flower auctionJapan's biggest wholesale flower market, where early risers can watch the auction from a gallery.
🇯🇵 Tokyo · Mar to AprCherry blossom season in TokyoAbout a week of pale pink along moats, rivers and parks, and the picnics that go with it.
Chrysanthemum菊花
Autumn-blooming flower with thousands of varieties, cherished in East Asia and beyond
🇨🇳 China and 6 more · Wildflower
Ipomoea nil
A twining annual vine with trumpet-shaped blooms in many colors
🇨🇳 China and 2 more · Garden flower
Asian fawn lilyErythronium japonicum
A pink spring lily of East Asian woodlands, known as katakuri in Japan
🇯🇵 Japan and 2 more · Wildflower
Cherry blossomPrunus subgenus Cerasus
The spring-blooming flower of ornamental cherry trees, central to Japan’s hanami custom
🇯🇵 Japan and 2 more · Flowering tree
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Hanami: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chrysanthemum: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL 1.2, source
- Shinjuku Gyoen: Kakidai, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Asian fawn lily: Kropsoq, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ipomoea nil: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cherry blossom: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, source