Autumn Rose Festival (Bara Festa)

7-31 October 2017
Jindai Botanical Garden

Jindai Botanical Garden, located near Jindai-ji Temple in western Tokyo, is the largest botanical garden in the capital, with some 100 thousand plants of 4,800 species grown on a site of about 480,000 square meters. A variety of flowers blossom throughout the year.

This garden is particularly known for its award winning Rose Garden. The biannual Rose Festival held there in spring and autumn attracts many visitors and enthusiasts. In autumn, some 5,000 roses of 300 species go into bloom, filling the air with sweet fragrance.

Photo courtesy (all in this article): Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association