Akinohi Park, Public park in Nerima-ku, Japan.
Akinohi Park is a public park in a residential area of Tokyo, featuring walking paths, playgrounds, and open green spaces. The grounds also contain an active rice paddy where growing and harvesting take place.
The park opened in 1988 as part of efforts to add more green areas to this densely built neighborhood. The rice paddy was introduced as a way to preserve traditional farming in the middle of the city.
Nearby schoolchildren participate in traditional rice planting and harvesting throughout the year. This hands-on connection to farming helps young people experience agricultural work that has largely disappeared from city life.
The park is accessible from Hikarigaoka Station on the Toei Oedo Line, with a short walk through a quiet residential neighborhood. The route is straightforward and takes about 15 minutes on foot.
The rice paddy is one of the last of its kind in this ward, showing how the city preserves its agricultural roots. Visitors can watch the rice grow and be harvested as seasons change.
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