Hikarigaoka Park

Hikarigaoka Park
Hikarigaoka Park
	Looking to the southwest from Akatsuka Exit
Location	Itabashi Ward and Nerima Ward, Tokyo, Japan
Coordinates	35°45′50″N 139°37′42″E / 35.763789°N 139.628211°E
Area	607,823 square metres (150.196 acres)
Created	11 March 1974
Public transit access	Narimasu Station

Hikarigaoka Park (光が丘公園, Hikarigaoka Kōen) is a public park in the Hikarigaoka and Asahichō regions of Nerima Ward and the Akatsuka-shinmachi region of Itabashi Ward, Tokyo, Japan. Over 98% of the park is in Nerima Ward, with the north-east corner being in Itabashi Ward. It is the seventh-largest park in Tokyo.

Facilities

Baseball fields (4)
Athletics field (400m track with dirt surface)
Tennis courts (8, artificial grass)
Monument Arch of Light (光のアーチ, Hikari-no-Aachi)
Fountain
Day campground (reservation required)
BBQ open space (reservation required)
Gateball field
Youth soccer field
Kyūdō hall (Japanese/Western, 90m distance)
Bird sanctuary
Tennis practice wall
Open space for young children
Hikarigaoka Library
Hikarigaoka Gymnasium

Events

Hawarin-bayaru (meaning Spring Festival in Mongolian), one of Japan's largest events that introduces Mongolia, is held every year during Golden Week.

Access

By train:

Toei Oedo Line: Hikarigaoka Station (8 minutes' walk)
Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line / Fukutoshin Line: Chikatetsu-Akatsuka Station (13 minutes' walk)
Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line/ Fukutoshin Line: Chikatetsu-Narimasu Station (15 minutes' walk)

By bus: From Narimasu Station on the Tobu Tojo Line, take the Seibu Bus (to Hikarigaoka Station) and get off at Hikarigaoka Park North (less than 1 minute's walk)

By car: Parking spaces: 234; Price: 300 yen for 1 hour, 100 yen every 30 minutes thereafter