Yokote Park, Historical park and castle ruins in Yokote, Japan

Yokote Park is a public green space with a reconstructed four-story castle tower that offers views across the city toward Mount Chokai. The grounds also include a museum housed within the tower structure, where historical objects and artwork span multiple floors.

The castle site was taken over by the Ministry of the Army in 1872 and later put up for auction. Former samurai organized a mutual-financing association (mujinkō) and donated part of the purchased land to Yokote Town. In 1879 they built Akita Shrine on the honmaru to honor Satake Yoshinobu, and from 1908 the town set aside 100 yen a year for park development. The park's design was entrusted to landscape gardener Nagaoka Yasuhira.

The name reflects the fortress that once dominated this location and shaped the region's identity. Visitors can see artwork and everyday objects displayed indoors that show how people lived through different periods in Yokote.

Yokote Park is about 25 minutes on foot from Yokote Station on the JR Ou and Kitakami lines, or roughly 15 minutes by car from the Yokote interchange. The slope up to the site, known as Nanamagari-zaka, passes a stone marker reading "Yokote Park Entrance" and leads to the Ote-mon gate site. From the honmaru and ninomaru grounds, the Musha-damari square looks out over the city, the Yokote River and Mount Chokai.

The Yokote Snow Festival's kamakura are held on February 15 and 16, not on the park grounds: the snow huts are built in the city's streets and at Yokote Minamigakuen High School. The park itself is known for its ski slope, which opened around the 1930s and hosted the first Southern Akita Ski Tournament in 1933.