Toyokawa Park, Public park in Toyokawa, Japan.
Toyokawa Park is a sports park in the Suwa district of central Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture, made up of several facilities: the city general gymnasium, an athletics stadium, a baseball stadium, clay tennis courts and an outdoor pool at its eastern end. It lies between the city hall and the Honohara industrial area and is long east to west. The gymnasium manages the facilities.
Toyokawa Park took shape as a sports park in the late 20th century. The Toyokawa City General Gymnasium was completed in May 1990, and the outdoor pool at the park's eastern end gained a water slide in 1993, later removed as the facility aged. The grounds are managed from the general gymnasium.
The park hosts the Toyokawa Citizens' Festival, whose Oiden Festival fills the grounds and turns the road between the gymnasium and baseball stadium into a pedestrian zone. The Toyokawa Tezutsu Festival, with its handheld bamboo fireworks, is held at the athletics ground. A row of cherry trees called the Sakura Tunnel surrounds the park and draws flower-viewing crowds each spring.
The park lies in Suwa 3-chome, about 10 minutes on foot from Suwamachi Station on the Meitetsu Toyokawa Line, or 3 minutes from the Toyokawa Taiikukan-mae bus stop. The baseball stadium closes from late December to late February to protect the turf, and the outdoor pool is usable from the first Saturday of July through 31 August.
The city road between the general gymnasium and the baseball stadium is lined with zelkova trees and set with several sculptures; the city named it the Fureai Promenade, though the name is not widely used. The park also has a bus stop on the school bus A route of Aichi Prefectural Toyohashi Special Needs School.
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