Basic information
- Address
- Yahata-cho 2-chome, Musashino, Tokyo
- Phone
- +81-422-54-1884 (Musashino Chuo Park Management Office)
- Official site (Japanese)
- https://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/musashino-chuo/index.html
English is available from the site's own language menu (machine translation; accuracy is not guaranteed).
- Admission
- Free (some facilities charge a fee) (for other ages, see the official site)
- Hours
- Open access
- Plants you can see
- SpringAcanthus mollis (bear's breech), Coreopsis lanceolata (lance-leaved coreopsis), Cerasus speciosa (オオシマザクラ), Spiraea cantoniensis (Reeve's spiraea), Bletilla striata (hyacinth orchid), Iris (genus; German irises), Chionodoxa (genus; glory-of-the-snow), Styrax obassia (fragrant snowbell), Amygdalus (genus; ハナモモ), Freesia (genus; freesia), Campanula punctata (spotted bellflower), Corydalis incisa (ムラサキケマン), Cornus kousa (kousa dogwood), Spiraea thunbergii (Thunberg's meadowsweet), テマリカンボク, ヤブテマリSummerAgapanthus (genus; lily of the Nile), Patrinia scabiosifolia (オミナエシ), Hydrangea quercifolia (oakleaf hydrangea), Dianthus superbus (カワラナデシコ), Platycodon grandiflorus (balloon flower), Senecio bicolor (dusty miller), Zinnia (genus; ジニア), Gomphrena globosa (globe amaranth), Tagetes patula (French marigold), Leonurus japonicus (Oriental motherwort), Echinops ritro (Southern globethistle), ラバンディンラベンダーAutumnAntirrhinum majus (snapdragon), Celosia cristata (cockscomb), Cosmos bipinnatus (garden cosmos), Camellia sasanqua (sasanqua camellia), Anemone hupehensis (Chinese anemone), Matthiola incana (hoary stock), Farfugium japonicum (leopard plant), Hypericum ascyron (great St. Johnswort), Lycoris radiata (hurricane lily), Chaenomeles speciosa (flowering quince), Sanguisorba officinalis (great burnet), コウテイダリアWinterHelleborus niger (hellebores), Cornus officinalis (Japanese cornel), Narcissus tazetta (paperwhite), Chimonanthus praecox (ソシンロウバイ), ナノハナ, カワズサクラOtherHydrangea macrophylla (hortensia), Anemone nikoensis (イチリンソウ), Armeniaca mume (Japanese apricot), Styrax japonica (エゴノキ), Lamium album (オドリコソウ), Erythronium japonicum (Asian fawnlily), Quercus acutissima (sawtooth oak), Zelkova serrata (Japanese zelkova), Quercus serrata (コナラ), Magnolia kobus (コブシ), サクラ, Rhododendron (genus; サツキ(園芸品種群)), Cerasus serrulata (サトザクラ), Cerasus spachiana (weeping cherry), Iris japonica (fringed iris), Daphne odora (winter daphne), Cerasus ×yedoensis (Yoshino cherry), ツツジ, Anemone flaccida (ニリンソウ), Cornus florida (flowering dogwood), バラ, Wisteria floribunda (Japanese wisteria), Cornus controversa (wedding cake tree), Cerasus jamasakura (hill cherry), Rhododendron kaempferi (ヤマツツジ), Kerria japonica (ヤマブキ), Liriodendron tulipifera (tulip tree), Forsythia suspensa (golden bell), カワヅザクラ
Based on information published by each facility. Bloom times vary by year and weather. Plant links open our plant encyclopedia.
- Nearest station
- Take a bus from JR Mitaka Station or Kichijoji Station, or from Seibu-Yanagisawa Station on the Seibu Shinjuku Line, to the "Musashino Chuo Koen" bus stop; 1-minute walk.
- Parking
- Paid, 31 spaces (2 for people with disabilities). Entry 7:00-20:00. Standard cars: 400 yen for up to 1 hour, then 200 yen per 30 minutes; maximum 1,600 yen per 12 hours.
About
A park located roughly midway between Inokashira Park and Koganei Park, centered on a large grassy field and a sports ground. It is on the site of the former Nakajima Aircraft Musashi Plant. Main plants are cherry, konara oak, kunugi oak, zelkova, kobushi magnolia, flowering dogwood, sasanqua, hydrangea and azalea.