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is a large public,
*Osaka science and technology centr
*Utsubo tennis centr
:stadium(centre court):one hard court, capacity of about 5000 :sub centre court:one hard court, capacity of about 500 :public:14x hard courts, 4x clay courts *Rose garden : admission free *wedding hall and restaurants
(Japanese language)
File:UtsuboPark-RoseGarden01.jpg, rose garden
File:UtsuboPark-autumn01.jpg, autumn tints
File:OSTEC-20080726.jpg, Science and technology centre
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1955 establishments in Japan
Parks and gardens in Osaka
Buildings and structures in Osaka
urban park
An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a city park, municipal park (North America), public park, public open space, or municipal gardens (United Kingdom, UK), is a park or botanical garden in cities, densely populated suburbia and oth ...
, situated at Utsubo-Hommachi in Nishi-ku, Osaka
is one of 24 wards of Japan, wards of Osaka, Japan. It is in the west of central Osaka ("Nishi" means "west"), and is generally flat. 80% of the area was destroyed by bombing in World War II, and was not regenerated until the mid-1960s.
, Japan
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.
The park was constructed at the site of a former air field of the United States Army
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, so the land is a long rectangle shape characteristic of a runway (700m x 150m). This place was one of the busiest fish wholesale markets (Zakoba fish market and Utsubo dried fish market), from Edo period
The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...
until 1931, at that time a new wholesale market was opened at Fukushima ward.
The Utsubo Tennis Center occupies a large area of the western part of the park. Some international tennis tournaments have been held there. The most famous one is the '' HP Open'' and '' World Super Junior Tennis Championships''.
Around the eastern part of this park, many cafes and bakery have opened after 1990. Sometimes open-air wedding are held at the rose garden. This area is becoming one of the fashionable places in Osaka city.
Facilities
*Osaka science and technology centr*Utsubo tennis centr
:stadium(centre court):one hard court, capacity of about 5000 :sub centre court:one hard court, capacity of about 500 :public:14x hard courts, 4x clay courts *Rose garden : admission free *wedding hall and restaurants
Activities in the park
*Rose festival : concerts, mid May at rose garden *Flower and sculpture exhibition : from mid October to NovemberAccess
Higobashi Station of Metro Yotsubashi Line and Watanabebashi Station of Keihan Railway is closest to the eastern part of Utsubo park (rose garden). Awaza Station of Metro Chūō and Sennichimae Line is closest to the Tennis Stadium.See also
*Osaka
is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the List of cities in Japan, third-most populous city in J ...
* Osaka Castle Park
* Nakanoshima
External links
*Official page of Utsubo par(Japanese language)
Photographs