Jōhoku-Chūō Park

Jōhoku-Chūō Park (城北中央公園, Jōhoku-Chūō Kōen) is a public park that straddles the Nerima and Itabashi wards of Tokyo in Japan. The western half of the park lies in Nerima Ward, while the eastern half is in Itabashi Ward. The park opened on 1 April 1957.[1]

Jōhoku-Chūō Park
The park in April 2010
LocationItabashi/Nerima, Tokyo, Japan
Coordinates35°45′23″N 139°40′26″E
Area262,369.07 square metres (64.83281 acres)[1]
Opened1 April 1957 (1957-04-01)
Public transit accessKami-Itabashi Station (Tobu Tojo Line), Hikawadai Station (Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line)
Websitewww.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/format/index022.html

Sports facilities

Jōhoku-Chūō Park has two main Japanese-style baseball fields and two small baseball fields (for softball and junior Japanese-style baseball). It also has an athletics stadium (dirt surface), tennis courts (four hard courts, four clay courts, one artificial grass court), and a gymnasium called Itabashi Kuritsu Kamiitabashi Gymnasium (上板橋体育館, Kami-Itabashi Taiikukan).[1]

Nature

The main trees and plants that can be found in the park include Chinese parasol tree, ginkgo, Japanese zelkova, cherry (someiyoshino), sawara cypress, sasanqua, azalea and camellia.[1] Further, Tama Zoological Park cultivates Eucalyptus in six locations in Japan as food for its koalas, and Jōhoku-Chūō Park is one of them. Nine kinds of Eucalyptus are grown here.

Archaeological sites

Both the Kurihara Ruins and the Moro Heritage Site are located in the park.

Retention basin
Retention basin under construction in March 2020
September 2022

A retention basin is currently being constructed in the park to handle excess water in the Shakujii River particularly during times of torrential rainfall. Expropriation of residential land in the area between Oyama High School and Shakujii River began in the mid-2010s. The first phase of the construction started in January 2018, and it is scheduled to be completed in October 2024.

  • Tennis courts
    Tennis courts
  • Wooded area
    Wooded area
  • Shakujii River flowing along the park's south-east border
    Shakujii River flowing along the park's south-east border
  • Kurihara Ruins
    Kurihara Ruins
  • An aerial photograph of the park taken in 1989
    An aerial photograph of the park taken in 1989

See also

References
  1. "Johoku-Chuo Park" (pdf). The Bureau of Construction. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
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