Jōhoku-Chūō Park

Jōhoku-Chūō Park
The park in April 2010
Interactive map of Jōhoku-Chūō Park
TypePublic park
LocationNerima and Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan
Coordinates35°45′23″N 139°40′26″E / 35.75639°N 139.67389°E / 35.75639; 139.67389
Area262,369.07 square metres (64.83281 acres)[1]
Opened1 April 1957 (1957-04-01)[1]
Public transit accessKami-Itabashi Station (Tobu Tojo Line)
Hikawadai Station (Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line)
Websitewww.tokyo-park.or.jp/park/format/index022.html

Jōhoku-Chūō Park (城北中央公園, Jōhoku-Chūō Kōen) is a metropolitan park (都立公園, toritsu kōen) located across Nerima and Itabashi wards in Tokyo, Japan.[1] The park opened on 1 April 1957.[1]

Sports facilities

Jōhoku-Chūō Park has two main baseball fields and two smaller fields (for softball and junior use).[1] It also has an athletics stadium (dirt surface) and nine tennis courts (four hard courts, four clay courts, and one artificial grass court).[1] A gymnasium, Itabashi Kuritsu Kamiitabashi Gymnasium (上板橋体育館, Kami-Itabashi Taiikukan), is located adjacent to the park.[1]

Nature

The park contains over 3,000 trees, including Chinese parasol tree, ginkgo, Japanese zelkova, cherry (someiyoshino), sawara cypress, sasanqua, azalea, and camellia.[1]

Each tree is assigned an identification number displayed on coloured labels attached to the trunk.[1] This system is used by park staff for monitoring and maintenance. A similar system is used in Hikarigaoka Park.

Tama Zoological Park cultivates Eucalyptus in several locations as food for its koalas, and Jōhoku-Chūō Park is one of these sites, with nine species grown in the park.[1]

Archaeological sites

The park contains two archaeological sites: the Kurihara Site and the Moro Site, both of which date to the Japanese Paleolithic period.[1]

Retention basin

A retention basin has been constructed within the park to manage excess water from the Shakujii River during periods of heavy rainfall.[2]

Land acquisition for the project began in the mid-2010s.[2] Construction of the first phase started in January 2018 and was completed in June 2025.[2] The second phase involves the construction of additional caissons adjacent to those built in the first phase, with completion scheduled for 2030.[2]

  • Tennis courts
  • Wooded area
  • Shakujii River along the park's southeastern edge
  • Kurihara Site
  • Aerial view (1989)
  • Construction in March 2020
  • September 2022
  • Completed phase 1 (December 2025)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "城北中央公園" (PDF). Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Construction. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d "城北中央公園調節池整備事業" (PDF) (in Japanese). Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
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