About the event
Choose a route to match your evening: the canal and ginkgo avenue require only park admission, while the Japanese Garden is a separate experience. Distances inside the park are substantial. Autumn colour depends on the weather.
Plan your visit
- Hours & closure days
- Lights 16:30–20:30; park closes 21:00. Buy gate tickets by 20:15 even though final entry is listed as 20:30.
- Admission
- Park: adult ¥450. Japanese Garden extra: ¥1,200 advance / ¥1,300 at the venue; child rates apply. Adult advance park + garden set: ¥1,600. On 29–30 Oct, the garden needs only park admission.
- Tickets & booking
- Garden tickets open one week before each visit date. No walk-up garden tickets if the online allocation sells out.
Location & access
Showa Kinen Park, night opening area
国営昭和記念公園 秋の夜散歩
Showa Kinen Park, Tachikawa and Akishima, Tokyo
Getting here
Night access is through Nishi-Tachikawa or Tachikawa Gate. Nishi-Tachikawa Gate is about 2 minutes from JR Nishi-Tachikawa Station.