Wakakusa Park, Urban park in Chūō-machi, Ōita, Japan

Wakakusa Park is a block park in Chuo-machi, Oita City, opened on 31 March 1952. Its 1998 refresh, themed on flowers, enlarged the flower beds and lawns and added a stage, with a 457-space bicycle parking area beneath it. Two sculptures stand on the grounds: Asakura Kyoko's "Peaceful Children" (1952) and Iwao Jun's "Flower Crown" (1980).

Wakakusa Park opened on 31 March 1952 in Oita City's Chuo-machi district. A wading pond was installed in 1951, a TV house in 1960, and a C55 steam locomotive went on display on 11 April 1972. The park reopened on 29 May 1998 after a refresh project that added flower beds, lawns and a stage.

The park hosts the monthly Machinaka Market on the third Saturday, and its open ground has long served as a venue for the Oita Tanabata festival. Two sculptures stand on the grounds: Asakura Kyoko's "Peaceful Children" (1952) and Iwao Jun's "Flower Crown" (1980).

The park is about a 10-minute walk from JR Kyushu's Oita Station, close to the Oita Station shopping arcades. A 457-space bicycle parking area sits underground beneath the stage. The Machinaka Market is held on the third Saturday of each month.

The C55 steam locomotive displayed here was built in 1937 and ran mainly on the Nippō Main Line until 1971. Oita city schoolchildren chose its nickname, Sōrin-gō, after the Sengoku-era Bungo daimyō Ōtomo Yoshishige (Sōrin). It was moved about 700 m from Oita Station on temporary tracks overnight in 1972.