Higashi Ayase Park, Metropolitan park in Adachi ward, Tokyo, Japan.
Higashi Ayase Park is a Tokyo metropolitan park in Adachi whose grounds form a U shape starting near Ayase Station and running about 2 km. It holds baseball fields, tennis courts, the Tokyo Budokan, a heated pool and a stream fed by the Hanahata River.
The park was established in 1966 during Tokyo's post-war reconstruction era. Its creation was part of broader efforts to provide more recreational spaces for the rapidly growing population.
Each year, when the irises bloom, the park hosts the Shobu Matsuri & Stamp Rally together with Shobu-numa Park; at Higashi Ayase the food event "Sekai no Shoku Hiroba" brings stalls from about 20 countries across five continents. The park's nickname Hato Park comes from the many pigeons visitors feed along the paths.
The park stretches about 2 km in a U-shape from Ayase Station, so entrances are scattered along its length. A stream fed by the Hanahata River runs beside the western walkway. Disabled-access toilets and cooking-hearth benches are installed for emergencies.
The park's site was once rice paddies, redeveloped through a land readjustment project into a metropolitan park. Its grounds run about 2 km in a U shape from Ayase Station, with a stream fed by the Hanahata River along the western walkway.
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