When to plant pumpkins in Tokyo: 28 April – 19 August

In Tokyo, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 24 February to 8 July; plant into a greenhouse from 7 April to 19 August; plant out into open ground from 28 April to 19 August.

Pumpkin in Tokyo: soil, season and weather

In Tokyo the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 17 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 28 April, 42 days later.

Last spring frost	17 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	28 April, 42 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	14 December, 230 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	12 July – 2 November
Days left for picking	155
Daylight	12:00 on 17 March, 13:31 on 28 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, December, has 6 rainy days

The same dates in Tokyo hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Zucchini and Watermelon.

Pumpkin in Tokyo: care after planting

Planted on 28 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Feeding, by the card’s schedule from that day:

19 May — feed: nitrogen

Pests and diseases of pumpkin to watch for:

Dates count from the first planting day of the window above; a later planting moves them by as many days.

Weather in Tokyo during the pumpkin season

About 1301 mm of rain falls in the season; December is the driest month (51 mm) and October the wettest (195 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	19.2	10.1	127	12	13:05
May	23.5	14.8	151	13	14:02
June	26.7	19.2	188	16	14:34
July	30.6	23.4	170	16	14:21
August	32	24.5	139	14	13:32
September	28.1	21.1	194	15	12:26
October	21.9	14.3	195	13	11:20
November	16.8	8.1	86	9	10:18
December	11.6	2.2	51	6	9:46

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin later than Tokyo; the closest date is in Hamamatsu, 4 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Hamamatsu	209 km	2 May – 23 August	4 days later
Niigata	255 km	20 May – 25 August	22 days later
Nagoya	259 km	6 May – 15 August	8 days later
Sendai	305 km	7 June – 29 July	40 days later
Kyoto	363 km	14 May – 12 August	16 days later
Osaka	397 km	5 May – 22 August	7 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Tokyo

Buy plants ready to set out from 28 April to 19 August (from 7 April to 19 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 24 February to 8 July. Within 15 km of Tokyo OpenStreetMap lists 30 garden centres, 3 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery, 28 markets and 31 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

菊地花園 — garden centre
6 km
世田谷区立第3苗園 — plant nursery
10 km
岩田米店 — farm supply
8 km
Tsukiji Outer Market — market
8 km · tsukiji.or.jp

Each window starts on the Greenly calendar date and ends on the last day that still leaves the crop’s days to harvest (from its card) before the average first autumn frost, plus six weeks of picking for crops harvested over weeks (tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, cucumbers, courgettes, pumpkins, watermelons, beans) — our rule; earlier in the window is safer.

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