Ikeda Park, Urban park in Naka ward, Nagoya, Japan
Ikeda Park is an urban green space in central Nagoya featuring a fountain, play equipment, and public art installations. The space is bounded by streets on multiple sides and contains public facilities for visitors to use during their time there.
Ikeda Park is a block park in Sakae 4-chome, Naka-ku, Nagoya, laid out in the Showa era within the entertainment quarter known as Joshi Oshoji. Since July 1969 it has hosted the annual Ikeda Park Summer Festival. In 2001 the park held the Nagoya Gay Revolution event, and from June 2002 the annual Nagoya Lesbian & Gay Revolution festival followed.
The park sits in the Shinsakae-dori entertainment district of Sakae 4-chome, surrounded by love hotels, hostess clubs, foreign pubs and gay bars. Its name comes from the Ikeda police box in the southwest corner, run by the Naka police station of Aichi Prefectural Police. A mixed-gender public toilet stands in the northeast.
The park sits between Sakae and Yabacho stations, making it easy to reach by public transportation. Multiple entry points give visitors flexibility in how they approach the space.
The park's LGBTQ festival began in 2001 as Nagoya Gay Revolution; from 2002 it became Nagoya Lesbian & Gay Revolution, adding lesbians, and in 2011 was renamed NLGR+ to cover the whole LGBT community and sexual minorities. HIV testing and counselling sessions have also been held here, led by haematologist Makoto Utsumi of the Nagoya Medical Center.
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