昭和記念公園で400万本のコスモスが見ごろ

Welcome to Japanese Daily News. I'm Maya. Today is September twenty-eighth. In a big park in western Tokyo, four million cosmos flowers are in bloom right now, turning a whole hill bright yellow. Let's listen.

Now let's break it down, sentence by sentence.

At Showa Kinen Park, a national park in Tachikawa City in western Tokyo, a cosmos festival is being held.

It means a park — an open place with trees and flowers.

Cosmos is an autumn flower. In Japanese, it is also called the cherry blossom of autumn.

It means a flower.

On Flower Hill inside the park, four million yellow cosmos flowers are at their best right now.

It means the best time to see something — when flowers or autumn leaves look most beautiful.

The flower's name is Lemon Bright. It is a bright yellow, like a lemon.

It means bright — full of light, like a sunny color.

The whole hill turns yellow, and it is very beautiful. Many people are taking photos.

It means a photo — a picture you take with a camera or a phone.

In the other flower fields, you can also see pink and white cosmos. There are about twenty kinds of flowers.

It means a kind or a type — different varieties of something.

The cosmos festival continues until Sunday, October twenty-fifth.

It means to continue — to go on without stopping.

Why not spend an autumn day going to the park to see the cosmos flowers?

It means autumn — the season of cool air, red leaves, and flowers like these.

Let's listen to the whole story one more time.

Time for a short quiz. Listen and try to answer.

At Showa Kinen Park, in Tachikawa City in western Tokyo.

Four million. The whole hill turns bright yellow.

Until Sunday, October twenty-fifth.

That's all for today. If you are near Tokyo this autumn, a hill of four million yellow flowers is waiting for you. See you next time.