Hikarigaoka Park

35°45′50″N 139°37′42″E / 35.763789°N 139.628211°E / 35.763789; 139.628211Area607,823 square metres (150.196 acres)Created11 March 1974Public transit accessNarimasu Station

Hikarigaoka Park (光が丘公園, Hikarigaoka Kōen) is a public park in the Hikarigaoka and Asahichō regions of Nerima Ward and the Akatsuka-shinmachi region of Itabashi Ward, Tokyo, Japan. Over 98% of the park is in Nerima Ward, with the north-east corner being in Itabashi Ward. It is the seventh-largest park in Tokyo.

Facilities

• Baseball fields (4)
• Athletics field (400m track with dirt surface)
• Tennis courts (8, artificial grass)
• Monument Arch of Light (光のアーチ, Hikari-no-Aachi)
• Fountain
• Day campground (reservation required)
• BBQ open space (reservation required)
• Gateball field
• Youth soccer field
• Kyūdō hall (Japanese/Western, 90m distance)
• Bird sanctuary
• Tennis practice wall
• Open space for young children
• Hikarigaoka Library
• Hikarigaoka Gymnasium

Events

Hawarin-bayaru (meaning Spring Festival in Mongolian), one of Japan's largest events that introduces Mongolia, is held every year during Golden Week.

Access

By train:

• Toei Oedo Line: Hikarigaoka Station (8 minutes' walk)
• Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line / Fukutoshin Line: Chikatetsu-Akatsuka Station (13 minutes' walk)
• Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line/ Fukutoshin Line: Chikatetsu-Narimasu Station (15 minutes' walk)

By bus: From Narimasu Station on the Tobu Tojo Line, take the Seibu Bus (to Hikarigaoka Station) and get off at Hikarigaoka Park North (less than 1 minute's walk)

By car: Parking spaces: 234; Price: 300 yen for 1 hour, 100 yen every 30 minutes thereafter

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  Cherry blossom viewing (hanami)
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  Fountain and monument "Arch of Light"
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  Big clock and wooded area

See also

• Parks and gardens in Tokyo
• National Parks of Japan

References

• tokyo-park.or.jp

External links

• gm2000.co.jp