Kishine Park, park in Kōhoku-ku, Japan
Kishine Park is a large sports park in Kōhoku-ku featuring wide grassy areas, tall trees, and multiple sports facilities for various activities. The park includes playing fields, courts, free fitness stations, playgrounds for children, cycling and running paths, and a pond where ducks swim.
The site was occupied by the US military's Kishine Camp after World War II, with a hospital and church; around 1968 helicopters flew in daily during the Vietnam War. The land was returned to Yokohama in 1972 and turned into a park, which the German source dates to an April 1971 opening.
The park hosts traditional Japanese summer festivals (O-Matsuri) alongside sports events, and families with children often spend Sundays here. The name comes from the former US military Kishine Camp, whose land was returned to Yokohama in 1972 and turned into the park.
The park's car park holds 157 vehicles and is open from 5:00 to 22:00. The nearest subway stop is Kishine-kōen Station on the Blue Line, about a minute's walk away; Hakuraku Station on the Tōyoko Line is roughly 16 minutes on foot. City buses stop at Rokukakubashi-Kitamachi, Shinohara-ike and Kishine-kōen-mae.
The park occupies the site of the former US Army Kishine Camp, which had a hospital and a church; around 1968 helicopters flew in daily during the Vietnam War. Charles Jenkins, husband of abductee Hitomi Soga, departed from here for the Korean Peninsula.
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