Mizumoto Park

The only park in Tokyo offering this kind of beautiful riverside scenery. Mizumoto Park is a renowned destination for fall foliage-viewing. The park has an avenue of 20 meter tall poplars which stretches for 1.2 kilometers. In addition, a forest consisting of some 1,800 trees dawn redwoods, and Japanese alders and other waterside-loving trees, grow on the park's grounds. The forest of dawn redwoods, a tree known as a living fossil, is one of the largest such forests found in a Tokyo park; the best time for viewing the forest in autumn colors is usually around early December.

Spot details

Address: Tokyo Katsushika-ku Mizumotokouen 3-2 Map
Area: Ward East / Shibamata Area
Phone: 0336078321
Autumn foliage forecast: Early Nov.-Mid-Dec.
Hours: Open 24 hours
Closed: open everyday (New Year's Holiday is closed)
Fees: Free
Parking Lot: Available
Abball 1, 170 spaces (including temporary parking lot)
Night viewing: Not available
Public toilets: Available
Variety: dawn redwood, momiji (Japanese maple), American sweetgum, ginkgo, Japanese wax tree, Japanese zelkova, etc.