Musashi Kyuryo National Government Park
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is a national government park
located on the of the town of Namegawa
, Saitama Prefecture
, Japan
. It is also known as . In 1974, it opened as the first National Government Park. The park covers a vast area of forest and offers opportunities for various outdoor activities. The park has four entrances: the Central, North, West, and South Entrances. It takes roughly 80 minutes to walk the 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the South Entrance to the North Entrance and 30 minutes from the West to the Central Entrance, a distance of 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi).
National Government Parks
Japanese are parks or open spaces established by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport under Japan has 16 national government parks.These parks are different from national parks, which represent areas of outstanding natural landscape and are declared by the Minister of the...
located on the of the town of Namegawa
Namegawa, Saitama
is a town located in Hiki District, Saitama, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 14,328 and a density of 482.26 persons per km². The total area is 29.71 km².-External links:*...
, Saitama Prefecture
Saitama Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Saitama.This prefecture is part of the Greater Tokyo Area, and most of Saitama's cities can be described as suburbs of Tokyo, to which a large amount of residents commute each day.- History...
, Japan
Japan
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. It is also known as . In 1974, it opened as the first National Government Park. The park covers a vast area of forest and offers opportunities for various outdoor activities. The park has four entrances: the Central, North, West, and South Entrances. It takes roughly 80 minutes to walk the 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the South Entrance to the North Entrance and 30 minutes from the West to the Central Entrance, a distance of 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi).
Features
The park provides a variety of opportunities for outdoor activities and takes days to fully explore the entire park grounds. The park features bike trails, walking paths, flower and herb gardens, athletic grounds, nature walks, a cross-country running course, a marathon course, an orienteering course, a disk golf course, off-leash areas for dogs and ropes courses for children. Picnic grounds and restaurants are also available. With reservations, a variety of educational activities for outdoors are also offered by volunteering staff.By car
- 10 minutes toward Kumagaya from the Kan-Etsu ExpresswayKan-Etsu ExpresswayThe is a national expressway in Japan. It is owned and managed by East Nippon Expressway Company.-Naming: is the kanji acronym of and the old comprising modern-day Niigata Prefecture....
, on Higashimatsuyama Interchange.
By train
- Getting off at Tōbu Tōjō Line Shinrinkōen Station and 7 minutes by bus to Shinrin Kōen Stop
- Getting off at JR Takasaki LineTakasaki LineThe is a Japanese railway line which runs between Ōmiya Station in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture and Takasaki Station in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture. It is owned and operated by the East Japan Railway Company ....
Kumagaya StationKumagaya Stationis a railway station in Kumagaya, Saitama, Japan, operated jointly by East Japan Railway Company and the Chichibu Railway-Lines:Kumagaya Station is served by the JR East Jōetsu Shinkansen and Nagano Shinkansen high-speed shinkansen lines from Tokyo, the Takasaki Line to , and also the privately...
and roughly 40 minutes by bus to Shinrin Kōen Stop
External links
- Musashi Kyūryō National Government Park Official website