Kibagata Park, Park around a lagoon in Komatsu, Japan

Kibagata Park is a prefectural urban park in southern Komatsu, Ishikawa, laid out around the Kibagata lagoon. Four green areas — Central, South, West and North — ring the water, and a 6.4 km path circles the lagoon and links them. Reeds, makomo grass and cattails line the shore, and Mount Haku is visible to the southeast.

The park opened in 1982 when the natural lagoon and its surrounding wetlands were turned into a public space. The lagoon was kept in its original shape, which is why the water still looks the same as it did before the park existed.

The park takes its name from the Kibagata lagoon at its center, and the word 'gata' simply means lagoon in Japanese. Watching waterbirds settle on the water is a common pastime here, especially in the cooler months when migratory species arrive.

The four green areas — Central, South, West and North — are linked by a path that circles the lagoon for 6.4 km. Access is easiest by car, five minutes from the Rendaiji interchange of the National Route 8 Komatsu bypass, or on foot 20 minutes from Awazu Station on the IR Ishikawa Railway line.

Kibagata is the only one of the three Kaga lakes to keep its original form: Shibayama Lake lost about two-thirds of its surface to reclamation, and Imae Lake disappeared entirely. Because of this, the native reeds, makomo and water plants survive, and the waterside landscape was chosen for the Ishikawa Nature 100.