Shinjō Park, Public park in Tanabe, Japan.
Shinjō Sōgō Park is a 23.0-hectare general park in Shinjō-chō, Tanabe, planned in 1985 at a total cost of about 4.15 billion yen. It holds the Tanabe City Museum of Art, the 4,500-seat open-air Muse Park Tanabe concert stage, a multipurpose plaza, the Wind Tower and the large play structures Yume no Fune and Yume no Minato.
Tanabe City approved the park's urban plan on 24 January 1985 and the project on 19 February 1985, at a total cost of about 4.15 billion yen. It later served as one of the two main venues of the 1999 Nanki Kumano Experience Expo, the other being Nachikatsuura. The Tanabe City Museum of Art opened on its grounds.
The park's open-air music venue, Muse Park Tanabe, seats 4,500 and has received the Furusato Architecture Landscape Award and the Monozukuri Kōdo Award. The site hosted one of the main venues of the 2000 Nanki Kumano Experience Expo, alongside Nachikatsuura. The adjacent Big·U center and the prefectural library serve visitors alongside the park.
The park lies in Shinjō-chō, Tanabe, next to the Wakayama Prefectural Information Exchange Center Big・U and near Minami-Wakayama Medical Center. From JR Kii-Tanabe Station, Meikō buses reach it in about 20 minutes; from JR Shirahama Station the ride takes about 10 minutes. The site covers 23.0 hectares, with the Tanabe City Museum of Art and the 4,500-seat Muse Park Tanabe outdoor stage among its facilities.
The park hosted one of the two main venues of the 2000 Nanki-Kumano Experience Expo, the other being in Nachikatsuura. Its open-air music hall, Muse Park Tanabe, seats 4,500 people and has received the Furusato Architecture Landscape Award and the Monozukuri Furusato Award.
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