Ocean, Nature, and Life ―Connect with Everything―

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Ocean, Nature,
and Life. ―Connect with Everything―

The gift of a special view
for your summer.

Only 15 minutes
from central Tokyo,
here, you will discover
the origin of our vast ocean
and nature, surrounded by the sea,
the sky, and 40,000 sunflowers.

Dusk in summer,
when the sea and sky are
dyed a soft orange,
is the moment when the sea
and land become one.

As the summer night falls,
the sunflower field reveals a harmony
between nature and art
that transcends time,
offering us the pulse of life
and the connection
between nature and people.

By encountering this scenery
away from the hustle and bustle
of the city center,
visitors will surely
take home with them
their own unique summer
that can only be experienced here.

News

2025.8.14

Latest sunflower blooming updates (X)

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2025.7.24

The event website is now open.

Map

Contents
Sunflower Field

As in the previous year, a sunflower field of approx. 3,800 square meters (close to 40,000 flowers) will be set next to the Ferris Wheel. During the day, the flowers stand tall facing the summer sun, while at night, displayed together with light and artworks, they make an appearance that can only be seen here and now. It is with great pleasure that we invite you to this special sunflower field this summer.

*Taken in August 2022

Work by Tatsuo Miyajima

Peace to the Sunflowers

Drawing ©2025 Tatsuo Miyajima

Artist Tatsuo Miyajima's artwork, filled with the hope for a society where people can live in peace, will be displayed in the park’s sunflower field at night during the exhibition period. Under the themes of “Nature and Art,” “Time and Life,” and “People and the Environment,” 29 digital counters will be set up within the field. The digital counters count down from 9 to 1, with each counter representing the irreplaceable “life” of each and every person.
*Lights displayed between 18:00 to 20:30
Tatsuo Miyajima Profile ＞

Photo spot

Photo Spot

*Reference photo

During the day, visitors can take pictures of a whole new world surrounded by sunflowers standing tall toward the sun, or the bright, yellow sunflowers set against the backdrop of the Ferris Wheel.
Sunflower varieties

Sunflower varieties
Sonja

Features: The dark orange petals, about 10 cm long, contrast beautifully with the blackish-brown center of the flower. It is characterized by its branching stems, producing numerous flowers on a single plant.

Valentine

Features: Fresh cream-yellow single flower. The soft and creamy, refreshing lemon-yellow color is also a perfect shade for cut flowers.

Sunflower of “Reconstruction”

Name Origin: Known as “Haruka’s Sunflowers”, sown as sunflowers that symbolize “reconstruction”. “Haruka’s Sunflowers” refer to the sunflowers that bloomed at the site of the home of Haruka Kato, a sixth grade elementary schooler who was lost to the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. Neighbors who saw the sunflowers carefully nurtured them, believing that Haruka had come back as a sunflower, and the seeds spread throughout Japan as “Haruka’s Sunflowers”.
Others

Seed paper

Seed paper image

We would like visitors to re-experience the event concept of connecting with the ocean, nature, and life in their own homes by offering this seed paper (recycled paper embedded with flower seeds) designed by Miyajima Tatsuo.
Each day during the event, we will be gifting seed paper on a first-come, first-served basis to those who respond to our surveys and post about their visit on social media. We invite you to nurture the life breathed into the seed paper in your home and once again think about the timeless heartbeat of life and the connection between people and nature.

Further details about the giveaway will be announced in the NEWS section of this website.

Artist & Producer

Artist

Tatsuo Miyajima

Born in 1957, Tatsuo Miyajima is a contemporary artist who was invited to show his work in the 1988 Venice Biennale, New Artists Section, where he attracted international attention for his works using digital numbers. Since then, he has held numerous exhibitions in Japan and abroad, showing work in more than 30 different countries and 250 venues. In 1990, he was invited to work in New York through ACC, and then in 1993, he was invited by the Cartier Contemporary Art Foundation to stay in Paris.
Miyajima’s representative works include “Mega Death” (1999/2016), “Counter Void” (2003, TV Asahi Archive), “Sea of Time ’98” (1998) among others. He also promotes the “Kaki no Ki (persimmon tree) Project,” an initiative to help children around the world grow second-generation persimmon trees that were exposed to radiation in Nagasaki. In 1998, he received an Honorary Doctor of Arts from the University of the Arts London. He has served as Vice President of Tohoku University of Art & Design between 2006-2016, and in 2021. Between 2012-2016, he served as Vice President of Kyoto City University of Arts. He also received the 2020 Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award for Fine Arts.
［Photo: Lisson Gallery Milano］
Producer

Ou Sugiyama

Sugiyama Ou is the CEO and producer at Shinryoiki Co., where he stands at the intersection of art and technology to create “new experiences = Shinryoiki (trans. ‘new fields’)”.
In 2024, he founded Shinryoiki Co. He is the General Planning Director of the signature pavilion "Inochi no Akashi" (Testimony of Life) at the Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai, and Exhibition Director of the Green Expo 2027. He continues to create new experiences and spaces that cross the boundaries of art and technology.

Producer's message

This summer, this project will unfold at Kasai Rinkai Park, which we have created into a space where people can experience themes such as "people and the environment" and "time and life" in a poetic and physical way.

Located just a short distance from the city center, this park, with its endless expanse of sky and sea, is not only beautiful, but also breathes the rhythms of nature that we tend to overlook in our daily lives, in the presence of the wind, the shifting of light, and the swaying of plants and flowers. This place, where the sea breeze passes through and the seasons change, has the power to make you feel the invisible flow of time and the cycle of life.

By bringing together various experiences of art in this park, we hoped to create scenery that is not just for viewing, but one that gently opens people's senses and allows them to quietly face their inner selves.

When considering who we should invite into the center of this creation, my answer was without hesitation, Tatsuo Miyajima.

Miyajima is an artist who, from the 1980’s to the present day, has been confronting universal themes such as "time," "change," "connection," and "permanence" with a deep philosophy and consistent form of expression. His signature digital counters do not simply inscribe numbers, but have moved people around the world as devices that visualize the blink of life in the midst of constant change and the invisible "time of life."

The blinking is not cold like a machine, but rather has a warmth like the breathing of nature. I feel that the rhythm of the rustling grass, the ebb and flow of the waves, the movement of the sunflowers chasing the sun – such "rhythms of nature" and the "light of time" of Miyajima's works resonate with each other on a deep level.

I believe that when Miyajima's artwork encounters the space of Kasai Rinkai Park, it will mediate the memories of the place and the senses of the viewers, quietly posing questions in them such as "what is nature?", "what is life?", and "what is time?"
It is not only an experience of viewing the work, but also an experience of "feeling yourself" in the landscape.

It is my hope that the scenery we offer this summer, where nature and art intersect, will become a memorable "time" for as many people as possible.

Foods

Kitchen car

There will be a variety of food trucks offering shaved ice,
ice cream, and other mid-summer delights.
Charming vendors other than those listed are scheduled to rotate daily as well.
We invite visitors to stop by for a break as they tour the park and its artworks.

*Food trucks may be closed in case of bad weather.
*Please note that the vendors may be changed on the day of the event. Stalls will also be set up in the Sunflower Field.

Donguri

We invite you to enjoy sweets made with fresh fruits.
Atashinchi

We welcome you with a selection of delicious and cute looking desserts.
Southern Terrace miu

We will be offering shaved ice resembling cute animals.
curry&ricebowl totonoel

We invite you to enjoy art along with delicious, healthy meals.
momodogs

We will be offering a wide-ranging selection, including sunflower-inspired desserts.
Pierrot Crêpes

Take a bit of a break from walking around and viewing art, recharge yourself with a crepe ♪

Shop

The shop located within the park offers souvenirs and light meals.
Please feel free to stop by as you tour the venue.

Parks Kasai

The shop is located near the Park Service Center, next to the starting/stopping point of the park train. After touring the park, please come by to enjoy a drink or a meal.

Opening hours: 9:30-16:30
Closed: New Year’s holidays
TEL: 03-5674-0467

Restaurants

Come take a short break after enjoying the park decorated with art and sunflowers.
Here we introduce to you some food and dining spots
where you can spend time relaxing surrounded by nature.

PARKLIFE CAFE&RESTAURANT

A Hawaiian restaurant located within Kasai Rinkai Park! The interior of the restaurant is Hawaii-themed with an emphasis on nature, the warmth of wood, light, and wind. In addition to the traditional popular menu items such as curry & rice and udon noodles, we also offer tuna and avocado poke rice bowls and Hawaiian pancakes.
There are also kids’ meals, making it easy for families with small children to stop by. It is a pleasant cafe and restaurant where you can enjoy colorful Hawaiian food.
Location: Kasai Rinkai Park Central Plaza
Opening hours: 10:00-17:00
*7/20 (Sat) – 8/31 (Sat) 10:00-18:00
TEL: 03-6808-0070 (Available only during business hours, reservations not accepted)
- ▼[Official website] PARKLIFE CAFE & RESTAURANT
- ▼MENU
CRYSTAL CAFE

Located inside Crystal View, the iconic building within Kasai Rinkai Park, this resort-style shop is set up as a seaside cafe and barbeque spot. In addition to the cafe menu, we also offer takeout menus such as picnic sets that can be enjoyed right on the lawn. We will also be offering “SORAMIDO BBQ”, where you can enjoy premium barbeque surrounded by the beautiful scenery of the park, including the sea and the grass field.
Location: Kasai Rinkai Park Crystal View, 1 BF
Opening hours: March to November; 10:00-17:00 /
December to February; 11:00-16:00
TEL: 03-5878-1327 (Available only during business hours, reservations not accepted)
- ▼[Official website] CRYSTAL CAFE
- ▼MENU

Park Statement

Our goal for Tokyo Metropolitan parks in 2040 is to foster lush greenery for future generations, create attractions that draw people in from Japan and overseas, and contribute to the well-being of each and every person. As we wish to share the new value in parks with all of our users, we have been staging seasonal flower and light displays in certain metropolitan parks throughout the year.

Kasai Rinkai Park is a historic park that was established in 1989 with five zones under the theme of interaction between greenery, water, and people. Together with the neighboring Tokyo Sea Life Park and Kasai Marine Park, the park makes use of its vast site for projects incorporating its unique natural environment. Considering the long history of the area's deep connection with the sea, the park has promoted environmental measures that focus on the habitat of a variety of living creatures, as well as enhancing the seaside as a recreational space. With its connection to the ocean, the source of life, Kasai Rinkai Park will continue to offer a valuable place where the harmony between humans and nature can be felt with the five senses, and people can experience the natural environment while thinking deeply about the future of our earth.

Access

Venue｜Kasai Rinkai ParkRinkai-cho, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo

◇ Public transport

JR
Kasai Rinkai Park Station on the Keiyo Line, 1 minute walk (Kasai Rinkai Park), 5 minutes walk (Tokyo Sea Life Park)
・Approximately 20 minutes from Tokyo Station (using the JR Keiyo Line)
・Approximately 20 minutes from Nishi-Funabashi Station (using the JR Musashino Line)

Bus
Toei Bus stop “Kasai Rinkai Park Station Front”, or the Keisei Bus stop “Kasai Rinkai Park Station”, 1 minute walk (Kasai Rinkai Park), 5-minute walk (Tokyo Sea Life Park)
・Toei Bus: From the “Kasai Station” or “Nishikasai Station” bus stop take “Kasai Rinkai Park Station” bound (Rinkai 28-1, Kasai 21, Nishikasai 20)
・Keisei Bus (Shuttle☆SEVEN): From the “Kasai Station” or “Ichinoe Station” bus stop take “Tokyo Disney Sea” bound (SS07 or SS08 line)
◇ By car

Approximately 10 minutes from Kasai IC on the Shuto Expressway Bayshore Route
・Kasai Rinkai Park Parking Lot: TEL 03-3877-0725 (paid calling)
*Advance reservations are required when using large buses.
Reservation time: 9:00-17:00 (weekdays)
Reservations are not available on weekends or holidays, and are not available during the Obon holiday dates (August 13-16) of the event period.
*Please use public transportation when visiting the park on Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, and other busy days.
*Depending on the congestion in the parking lot and surrounding roads, it may take several hours to exit the venue. We appreciate your understanding in advance and request that visitors cooperate by allowing plenty of time to exit the parking lot.

Organizer

Organized by : Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Cooperation : Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association

Ocean, Nature, and Life ―Connect with Everything―

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