Yanagimachi Park, Public park in Kushiro, Japan
Yanagimachi Park is a narrow strip of park in Kushiro, Hokkaido, about 83 m wide and 2.4 km long, running between two roads. It follows the line of a former drainage canal that linked the Kushiro and Shin-Kushiro rivers. The grounds hold tennis courts, a park golf course, a speed skating rink and an ice hockey rink.
The park occupies a former drainage canal dug from 1921 to connect the Kushiro and Shin-Kushiro rivers after the 1920 flood. Excavation stopped unfinished when timber transport switched to rail, and the channel was called a canal until a 1979 improvement plan turned it into a park, completed in 2004.
The park occupies the bed of a canal that was planned after the 1920 flood but never finished once timber transport moved to rail; it was called a canal until the 1979 improvement plan. Four bridges from that era — Furukawa, Kyōei, Yanagi and Takara — still cross the strip, and the Kushiro Citizens' Cultural Hall stands within it.
The park is a strip about 83 m wide and 2.4 km long, running between two roadways northwest of central Kushiro, so it is entered at many points along its length. The tennis courts and park golf course operate from May to late October, the roller skating course from late April to late September, and the speed skating rink from November to mid-March.
The park occupies a former drainage canal dug after the 1920 flood; the canal was never finished once timber transport moved to rail. Four bridges from that era — Furukawa, Kyōei, Yanagi and Takara — still cross the strip, about 83 m wide and 2.4 km long.
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