Fall flowers: autumn roses

In Japan you can see roses in both spring and autumn. Spring is the main season, but some really beautiful roses grow in fall / autumn. Usually the autumn rose season is from around mid October to the end of the month, but this year they were not only late, they are blooming longer than normal. I saw roses in bloom today, November 11th 2024. However, the photo in this post is from last month (October 2024).

Above, roses in bloom on October 15th 2024 in Saitama's largest rose garden: Ina Rose Garden which is located within Chosei Seko Memorial Park. Like a lot of the rose gardens, there is an entry fee to see the roses in spring, but not in fall. In the photo you can also see an autumn cloud, which are quite different to the clouds that form in summer. The roses in Japan tend to be very colorful. You can see red roses too, but I think pink is more common. And there are a lot of yellow roses as well. Sometimes you can see purple roses - light purple are fairly common, but deep purple are more rare. 

A great way to enjoy the roses, in either spring or fall, is at a rose garden cafe. You will find a handful of rose garden cafes in most prefectures. You will find a few in the review section of this website. Have you been to a rose garden cafe before? And did you see any roses this fall?