Jōhoku-Chūō Park
is a public park that straddles the Nerima and Itabashi wards of Tokyo in Japan. The western half of the park lies in Nerima, Nerima Ward, while the eastern half is in Itabashi, Itabashi Ward. The park opened on 1 April 1957. Sports facilities Jōhoku-Chūō Park has two main Japanese-style baseball fields and two small baseball fields (for softball and junior Japanese-style baseball). It also has an athletics stadium (dirt surface) and tennis courts (four hard courts, four clay courts, one artificial grass court). There is a gymnasium called next to the park. Nature The main trees and plants that can be found in the park include Firmiana simplex, Chinese parasol tree, ginkgo, Zelkova serrata, Japanese zelkova, cherry (Prunus × yedoensis, someiyoshino), Chamaecyparis pisifera, sawara cypress, Camellia sasanqua, sasanqua, azalea and camellia. Further, Tama Zoological Park cultivates ''Eucalyptus'' in six locations in Japan as food for its koalas, and Jōhoku-Chūō Park is one ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Itabashi
is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. In English, it is called Itabashi City. Itabashi has sister-city relations with Burlington, Ontario, in Canada; Shijingshan District of Beijing in the People's Republic of China; and Bologna in Italy. As of May 1, 2015, the ward has an estimated population of 547,270, and a population density of 16,990 persons per km2. The total area is 32.22 km2. Geography Itabashi lies on the Kantō plain. The Arakawa River, a major river, forms part of the boundary with Saitama Prefecture. Surrounding the ward are, in Saitama, the cities of Wakō and Toda; and in Tokyo, the wards of Nerima, Toshima, and Kita. Districts and neighborhoods ;Akatsuka Area * Akatsuka * Akatsukashin * Daimon * Misono * Narimasu * Shingashi * Takashimadairaa * Tokumaru * Yotsuba ;Itabashi Area * Chūmaru * Fujimi * Futaba * Hikawa * Honchō * Inaridai * Itabashi * Kaga * Kumano * Minami * Nakaitabashi * Nakajuku * Naka * Ōyamachō * Ōyamahigashi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Camellia Sasanqua
''Camellia sasanqua'', with common name sasanqua camellia, is a species of ''Camellia'' native plant, native to southern Japan (Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands and Shikoku). It is usually found growing up to an altitude of . Growing to tall, this evergreen shrub has leaf, leaves that are broad and elliptic, long and broad, with finely serrated margins. The flowers are in diameter, with 5 to 8 white to dark pink petals. History and uses At the beginning of the Edo period, cultivars of ''Camellia sasanqua'' began appearing; the first record of the cultivars of this plant was made by Ihei Ito (1695–1733). The Japanese call it Sazanka (, ). This plant was not known in western society until in 1820 Captain Richard Rawes of the East Indiaman Warren Hastings (1802 EIC ship), ''Warren Hastings'' brought ''Camellia sasanqua'' var. ''stricata'' to his relation, Thomas Carey Palmer, of Bromley in Kent. Then in 1869, Dutch traders imported some specimens into Europe. It has now also been intro ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Parks And Gardens In Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan contains many parks and gardens. Urban parks and gardens Note: Figures in bold are approximate values. A green row designates a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward of Tokyo. Gallery File:Akabane Nature Observatory Park1.JPG, Akabane Nature Observatory Park File:Akatsuka castle.jpg, Akatsuka Park File:JindaijiBotanicalGardens5620.jpg, Jindaiji Botanical Gardens File:East entrance to Mejiro-no-Mori 2016 11 30.jpg, Mejiro-no-Mori Park File:ShakujiiPark-Lotuses.jpg, Shakujii Park File:Shinjuku Gyoen Japanese Garden.jpg, Japanese Garden in Shinjuku Gyoen File:UenoPark Hanami.jpg, Sakura, Cherry blossoms in Ueno Park Flowers National parks There are four national parks in Tokyo: * Chichibu Tama Kai National Park, in Nishitama and spilling over into Yamanashi Prefecture, Yamanashi and Saitama Prefecture, Saitama Prefectures * Meiji no Mori Takao Quasi-National Park, around Mount Takao to the south of Hachioji. * Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park, which includes all of th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shakujii River
The is a river which flows through the northwest quadrant of central Tokyo, Japan. Course The Shakujii River is one of the tributaries of the Arakawa River. With a total length of and a drainage basin of , it is categorized as a Class A river by the Japanese government. It springs up in Koganei Park in the district of Hana-koganei-minami-chō, in the city of Kodaira. It then flows in an easterly direction through the city of Nishitōkyō. Next, it continues through the special wards of Tokyo of Nerima-ku, Itabashi-ku and Kita-ku. At Horifune, Kita-ku, it empties into the Sumida River. Bridges The Shakujii River has 66 bridges over its upstream portion. There are 62 over its middle basin. And there are 66 bridges over its downstream portion. This makes for a total of 194 bridges. The famous wooden plank bridge for which Itabashi-ku is named crossed the Shakujii at . The bridge has now been replaced by a modern ferroconcrete one called Ita Bridge. Coordinates River sou ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Retention Basin
A retention basin, sometimes called a retention pond, wet detention basin, or storm water management pond (SWMP), is an artificial pond with vegetation around the perimeter and a permanent pool of water in its design. It is used to manage stormwater runoff, for protection against flooding, for erosion control, and to serve as an artificial wetland and improve the water quality in adjacent bodies of water. It is distinguished from a detention basin, sometimes called a "dry pond", which temporarily stores water after a storm, but eventually empties out at a controlled rate to a downstream water body. It also differs from an infiltration basin which is designed to direct stormwater to groundwater through permeable soils. Wet ponds are frequently used for water quality improvement, groundwater recharge, flood protection, aesthetic improvement, or any combination of these. Sometimes they act as a replacement for the natural absorption of a forest or other natural process ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Retention Basin In Jōhoku-Chūō Park Sep 2022
Retention may refer to: General * Recall (memory), in learning, the ability to recall facts and figures in memory * Memory and retention in learning * Selective retention * Cultural retention * Customer retention * University student retention * Employee retention, the ability to keep employees within an organization * Forced retention * Grade retention, in schools, keeping a student in the same grade for another year (that is, not promoting the student to the next higher grade with their classmates) *Retention or retainage of an agreed portion of a contract price until project completion * Retention basin * Retention election, in the United States court system, a process whereby a judge is periodically subject to a vote in order to remain in the position of judge * Retention rate * Retention ratio, in company earnings * Retention of vision, in magic * Water retention (medicine), abnormal accumulation of fluid in the body * Urinary retention, the lack or inability to urinate * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Moro Heritage Site
The , shown on some maps as Moro Heritage or Moro Archaeological Site, is an archaeological site where stone tools from the Paleolithic Age (between 3.3 million years ago and 11,650 Before Present#Radiocarbon calibration, cal Before Present, BP) were found in Itabashi, Itabashi Ward, Tokyo, Japan. History In March 1951, a middle school, junior high school student called (who would later become an archaeologist) passing through the area found obsidian stone tools and clusters of pebbles on a cross-sectional part of a road that cut through a hill called . A joint Excavation (archaeology), excavation was conducted by Meiji University and Musashino Museum in July of the same year. This was the second survey on the Paleolithic Age in Japan after a study of the Iwajuku archaeological site in Gunma Prefecture. It became clear that Paleolithic culture, which is older than that from the Jōmon period, had spread universally in Japan. In addition, the knife-shaped stoneware e ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kurihara Ruins
The , shown on some maps as the Shirokita Central Park Kuirhara ruins, are the site of some ruins of a dwelling found in Nerima Ward, Tokyo, Japan. Today, a modern (1950s) reconstruction of a pit-house stands on the site and is registered as a historic site of Nerima Ward. History The ruins were excavated when constructing the athletics and exercise area of in 1955. The name Kurihara was that of a small administrative unit of a village that existed in the area. In a survey conducted between 1955 and 1956, stone tools made of obsidian were excavated from the red soil (Kantō Plain loam), and were found to be from the Paleolithic age. Jōmon pottery was recovered, and the site exhibits trace evidence of pit dwellings from the Yayoi through the Heian periods (300 BC–1185 AD). The replica structure depicts a pit-dwelling from around the beginning of the 8th century, the early Nara period (CE 710 to 794). The reconstruction was designed by Gaijiro Fujishima, then a professor at t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Koala
The koala (''Phascolarctos cinereus''), sometimes inaccurately called the koala bear, is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is the only Extant taxon, extant representative of the Family (biology), family ''Phascolarctidae''. Its closest living relatives are the wombats. The koala is found in coastal areas of the island's eastern and southern regions, inhabiting Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria (state), Victoria, and South Australia. It is easily recognisable by its stout, tailless body and large head with round, fluffy ears and large, dark nose. The koala has a body length of and weighs . Its fur colour ranges from silver grey to chocolate brown. Koalas from the northern populations are typically smaller and lighter in colour than their counterparts further south. These populations are possibly separate subspecies, but not all researchers accept this. Koalas typically inhabit open ''Eucalyptus'' woodland, as the leaves of these trees make up mo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Eucalyptus
''Eucalyptus'' () is a genus of more than 700 species of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae. Most species of ''Eucalyptus'' are trees, often Mallee (habit), mallees, and a few are shrubs. Along with several other genera in the tribe Eucalypteae, including ''Corymbia'' and ''Angophora'', they are commonly known as eucalypts or "gum trees". Plants in the genus ''Eucalyptus'' have bark that is either smooth, fibrous, hard, or stringy and leaves that have oil Gland (botany), glands. The sepals and petals are fused to form a "cap" or Operculum (botany), operculum over the stamens, hence the name from Greek ''eû'' ("well") and ''kaluptós'' ("covered"). The fruit is a woody Capsule (botany), capsule commonly referred to as a "gumnut". Most species of ''Eucalyptus'' are Indigenous (ecology), native to Australia, and every state and territory has representative species. About three-quarters of Australian forests are eucalypt forests. Many eucalypt species have adapted to wildfire, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tama Zoological Park
The is a zoo, owned by the government of Tokyo Metropolis, and located in Hino, Tokyo, Japan. The Tama Zoo was opened on May 5, 1958, originally as a of the Ueno Zoo. The zoo aims to use its large site – 52 ha, compared to the 14.3 ha of the Ueno Zoo – to show its animals moving in a more free and natural environment. Animals Animals in the zoo include: ;Insectarium * Blue glassy tiger * Common grass yellow *Flower mantis *Leafcutter ant ;Asian Zone *Amur tiger *Asiatic black bear *Asian elephant *Bar-headed goose *Black-faced spoonbill *Bornean orangutan *Eurasian eagle-owl *Eurasian otter *Golden eagle *Golden takin *Grey wolf *Himalayan tahr *Indian rhinoceros *Japanese badger *Japanese giant flying squirrel *Japanese hare *Japanese macaque *Japanese raccoon dog *Japanese serow * Lar gibbon *Malayan tapir *Masked palm civet *Mouflon *Oriental stork *Père David's deer * Pheasant pigeon *Przewalski's horse *Steller's sea eagle *Red-crowned crane *Red panda *Reindeer *Sib ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |