{"id":5595,"date":"2023-04-17T04:16:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T19:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/top-5-parks-near-nagoya\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T11:33:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T02:33:45","slug":"top-5-parks-near-nagoya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/top-5-parks-near-nagoya\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Five Parks Near Nagoya"},"content":{"rendered":"

A list of the top 100 Japanese city parks was compiled by the Japan Green Parks Institute in 1989, and on that list, you can find five parks in Aichi Prefecture, all within a reasonable distance from Nagoya City itself. If you are looking for a great day trip for you and your family or friends, you could do worse than get outside for a day in the park!<\/p>\n

Okazaki Park, Okazaki City<\/h3>\n

\"Okazaki_park_aichi\"Okazaki Park includes Okazaki Castle<\/a>, the museum, and many historical points. For 300 years, Okazaki Castle has been honored as the birthplace of the revered local historical figure Tokugawa Iyeyasu and the cradle of the Tokugawa Shogunate.<\/p>\n

You can enjoy views of cherry blossoms and Japanese wisteria along the Oto River in spring, nearly unparalleled in the region; Okazaki Park is listed among “Japan’s Top 100 Cherry Blossom Spots.” Another point to note is the “Great Ieyasu Kou Aoi Bushoutai” warlords<\/a> strutting around the park to entertain tourists in their armor. You can get photos with them, or see their show.<\/p>\n

While this park is about an hour outside Nagoya, you will find the scenery and relative peace of the park worth the trip out of town.<\/p>\n

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Higashiyama Park, Nagoya<\/h3>\n

\"higashiyama_botanical_nagoy\"<\/strong>Higashiyama Park includes\u00a0the Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens<\/a>, as well as a variety of smaller attractions, shops, and restaurants, in addition to the usual playgrounds, trees, and grass found in the standard park. This park, however, is anything but typical; it is vast, well-appointed, and well-cared for. Much thought has gone into it, and many special events occur there.<\/p>\n

You can feed animals at the zoo, sit under the blossoming trees (cherry, plum, wisteria, and apricot), or stroll through gardens filled with flowering plants. \u00a0 If that is not enough, there are 500+ species of animal at the zoo, including koalas, giraffes, and even a rare leopard, and the Higashiyama Sky Tower,<\/a> whose 360-degree view of the Nagoya skyline is among Japan’s most popular night views.<\/p>\n

Higashiyama Park has a dizzying array of things to see and do, so you will not likely see it all in one day.<\/p>\n

3-70 Higashiyama-motomachi, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi<\/a><\/p>\n

Odaka Ryokuchi Park, Nagoya<\/h3>\n

\"odaka_ryokuchi_park_nagoya\"Odaka Ryokuchi Koen is in Midori-ku in the southern part of Nagoya City. While the park is accessible by train, just a 5-min. walk from Sakyoyama (\u5de6\u4eac\u5c71) Station on the Meitetsu Line, the park is a bit out of the way and is most favored by those with access to a car. If you make the trip, it is well worth the effort.<\/p>\n

The park is drive-through and offers\u00a0 attractions worthy of a family outing, including:<\/p>\n