The Washinomiya area Cosmos Fureai road is best known for its namesake cosmos flowers, but each year in May the area has some beautiful cosmos. And just like the cosmos last Autumn, sometimes the main field has a ‘landscape door’. Basically, a landscape door is an “Anywhere Door” known as a Dokodemo doa in Japanese, from the anime Doraemon. The Doraemon Anywhere Door are pink, but this landscape door is white. It pops brilliantly against the red of the poppies. However, I’ve not been able to confirm if they have a landscape door in 2026.
Washinomiya Poppies
Poppies stretch along the Cosmos Fureai road, which is a walkway along the Kasai Irrigation Canal. It is a popular running / walking course and cyclists use it too. There are normally even more poppies in the flower field by Washinomiya Support Center. However, this year they may not have grown those ones. The city are not providing information for the support center poppies like usual. I do know there was a shortage of poppy seeds in Saitama in 2025. However, Kuki City have confirmed that the poppies were planted along Cosmos Fureai road and started to bloom (later than normal) on May 1st.
The poppies typically bloom for the month of May with prime viewing around the third week in May. Normally there is a one-day festival during the period of bloom at the Washinomiya Support Center. Well, in fact it is a community festival with poppies. Normally they have a mini steam train too. However, the festival was not on in 2025, and it may be discontinued.
Washinomiya Area
The Washinomiya area is famous for several things, including the Washinomiya Shrine. It is one of the oldest shrines in the Kanto area aka the Greater Tokyo area. Some people say it is the absolute oldest. In addition, the Washinomiya Shrine is known from the popular anime “Lucky Star”. In February you can see stunning early blooming cherry blossoms by the shrine. The poppies are about a 15 minute walk from Washinomiya Shrine.
Information
Flowers: Washinomiya Area / Cosmos Road Poppies
Bloom Period: in 2026 they started blooming on May 1st, but literally just a couple here and there.
Time: not specified
Cost: there is no admission fee.
Venue: Cosmos Fureai Road, it spreads over a wide area in Washinomiya.
Access
About a fifteen minute walk from the Tobu Igesaki Line Washinomiya Station. In addition, it is about a 30 minute walk from the JR Utsunomiya Line Higashiwashinomiya Station. By car, the nearest interchange is the Kuki Interchange on the Tohoku Expressway.
Official poppy page on Kuki City website
The featured image at the top of the post was taken from the Kuki City Tourism Twitter account.
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love the door way in the middle of a poppy field!