Koganei Park (Koganei)

Japan / Tokio / Koganei
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This park, on Itsukaichi Kaido and just 15.5 km from Yokota, features large grassy fields, deep woods and cherry trees. The best reason to go, though, is the Edo-Tokyo Tatemono-En (Open-Air Architectural Museum). It is a town of relocated buildings from old Tokyo. You can wander inside homes from the samurai period right up to the 20th century. You’ll visit thatched-roof farm houses, architects’ homes and sprawling old estate residences, the kind usually only glimpsed by peeking over high walls. There’s a downtown, too, with shops and bars and a bathhouse, all set up as they were in yesteryear. You might want to wear sandals or other slip-on shoes, because you’ll be taking them off every time you poke around one of the old houses. (Admission ¥400 per adult. Children 12 and under are free). Elsewhere in the park, a 2 km cycling course, with free bikes available for children under 16, is open daily. Some bikes have training wheels and children are welcome to bring their own. There is also a children’s playscape built like a huge pyramid with many ways to go up and down. It is so large, 100 children would easily have room to play.

Hours: 9:30-4:30pm;
closed Mondays (Tuesdays if Monday is a holiday) and December 28-January 4. Telephone: 042-388-3311
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koganei_Park
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Coordinates:   35°42'59"N   139°31'6"E

Comments

  • My favorite park! Big, wide, very green, with museum, gym, swimming pool, and Cheery trees so beautiful during Spring. I want to go there again.
  • is diz place beautyful??i wan to know..
  • Yes..it's very beautiful. Check flickr.com
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