Hiraoka Park is a big park in Sapporo. It isn’t a well-known park, but it’s an attractive park.
It’s located 11 km southeast of central Sapporo. It takes about 30 minutes by bus from Sapporo station or about 25 minutes by bus from Oyachi station. There are large parking areas, so you can go there by car too.
There are a lot of sports grounds in the park whose size is 66.4 hectare. For example, a ballpark, 6 tennis courts, 2 golf courses and 3 gateball courses. Many children and old people enjoy games there every day. If you don’t have rackets and balls, you can rent them there. So you can enjoy it too!
There is an artificial wetland which recreates the former plains of Ishikari. It’s a rare wetland in Japan. It has a lot of hygrophytes and insects. You can enjoy watching them. Besides, many tours are held and you can hear a technical explanation. My recommendation is “the watching fireflies tour”. You must check it out!
Hiraoka ume maturi is the best event of Hiraoka Park. This festival is held about 2 weeks in the middle of May. Ume is called Japanese plum in English. You can enjoy 1200 Japanese plum trees. It’s very beautiful!! And you can eat Ume-ice cream there. The taste is very unusual, but I think it’s very delicious. You should try it!!
You can check the information about the hygrophytes which grow in Hiraoka Park on their website.
Please check this link!
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https://hiraoka-park.jp/nature/wet_plants/
Hi Kanami!
ReplyDeleteI've never been there, but this park is fantastic! Why don't you go there together?
Aoi
Hi Kanami, I'm surprised that Hiraoka Park is bigger than I think. I try to eat Ume-ice cream! Rika
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