Chihaya Flower Park

Chihaya Flower Park
Chihaya Flower Park
	Sign showing the park’s name
Location	Toshima Ward, Tokyo, Japan
Coordinates	Coordinates: 35°43′52″N139°41′37″E / 35.7311626°N 139.6935471°E
Area	5,542.49 square metres (1.36958 acres)
Created	October 1990
Public transit access	Shiinamachi Station

Last updated March 19, 2019

Chihaya Flower Park(千早フラワー公園,Chihaya Furawaa Kōen) is a public park in Toshima Ward, Tokyo, Japan. It is open throughout the year. The park is the eighth largest in Toshima Ward.

Toshima is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the eight central wards of the Tokyo Metropolitan area. Located in the northern area of Tokyo, Toshima is bordered by the wards of Nerima, Itabashi, and Kita in the north, and Nakano, Shinjuku and Bunkyo in the south.

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Facilities

Chihaya Flower Park has various pieces of play equipment for children including swings and a slide.

A swing is a hanging seat, often found at playgrounds for children, at a circus for acrobats, or on a porch for relaxing, although they may also be items of indoor furniture, such as Latin American hammock or the Indian oonjal. The seat of a swing may be suspended from chains or ropes. Once a swing is in motion, it continues to oscillate like a pendulum until external interference or drag brings it to a halt. Swing sets are very popular with children.

Attractions

A prototype vehicle (12-000 series) of the Toei Ōedo Line (a subway) is located in the north side of the park.

Toei Ōedo Line metro line in Tokyo, Japan

The Toei Ōedo Line is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei). It commenced full operations on December 12, 2000; using the Japanese calendar this reads "12/12/12" as the year 2000 equals Heisei 12. The line is completely underground, making it the second-longest railway tunnel in Japan after the Seikan Tunnel.

Train in the park

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References

www.city.toshima.lg.jp

External links

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