Kamezuka Park, Urban park in Mita district, Tokyo, Japan.
Kamezuka Park is an urban park in the Mita neighborhood of Tokyo, with green areas, paths, and a play space for children. The layout is compact and easy to navigate on foot, with different zones arranged across a modest plot of land.
The site was the lower residence of the Toki family, lords of Numata Domain in Kozuke, during the Edo period. After the Meiji Restoration the imperial Kacho no Miya family moved here from a former Suwa domain residence in Nihonbashi Hamacho. The line died out in 1924, the buildings were demolished in 1933, and the garden was destroyed in the 1945 air raids. The park opened on 3 November 1952.
The name Kamezuka has several explanations: a mound said to be a burial tumulus, though a 1971 survey by the ward board of education and Keio University found no grave goods, and a legend linking it to a spirit turtle kept under a sake jar at the house of the Shibaura guard Takebashi. The park also holds a fullerene-shaped play structure moved here from Mita Elementary School in the 1970s.
The park is within walking distance of several train stations in the Mita area, making it easy to reach from different parts of the city. The paths inside are paved and suitable for those with mobility needs.
The mound that gives the park its name was investigated in 1971 by the Minato Ward Board of Education together with Keio University's Faculty of Letters; no burial goods or other finds were made, so it could not be confirmed as a kofun. Visitors can still climb the round mound, though trees now block the view.
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