Amagasaki Memorial Park, Sports park in Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan
Amagasaki Memorial Park is a municipal urban sports park in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, completed in 1980. It contains a gymnasium, a baseball stadium, ten all-weather sand-filled artificial turf tennis courts, a main athletics stadium and an auxiliary athletics track with a 400-metre, eight-lane dirt track lit by eight 300-lux floodlights. The park is managed by the Amagasaki City Sports Promotion Foundation.
Amagasaki Memorial Park was completed in 1980 as a municipal urban park with an athletic focus. Since then it has been run under Japan's designated manager system by the Amagasaki City Sports Promotion Foundation, the public interest incorporated foundation that manages and operates its facilities.
The park serves as a gathering place where residents participate in sports competitions and seasonal festivals throughout the year. These events shape how the community uses and experiences the space together.
The park lies about 700 metres west of JR Amagasaki Station, roughly a 15-minute walk. Hanshin Bus city lines and Hankyu Bus Amagasaki line stop at the Sports Center bus stop. The auxiliary track has a 400-metre, eight-lane dirt surface lit by eight 300-lux floodlights; the tennis courts are open to the sky.
The auxiliary athletics track has a 400-metre, eight-lane dirt surface and is lit by eight 300-lux floodlights, while the tennis area has ten all-weather sand-filled artificial turf courts under 36 lights of 500 lux.
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