Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Towada Horse and Children's Park


One of the aspects I really enjoy about Japan is the number of children's parks in most major cities. These parks aren't your average playgrounds with the standard swings and slides. Rather, they usually have some kind of unique attraction about them.

We stumbled across the Towada City Horse Park and Komakko Land by accident. Kyle noticed a giant slide on someone's Facebook page and inquired about its location. I am not particularly into horses so I would have never wanted to visit a Horse Culture Museum on my own. However, on the grounds of the museum, there is a large, free park where children can roam onto different structures.
Large geometric horse cage and slide
Whee!
Another view of play area
Horses are also on the premises
Mammoth slide tucked into the forest's hillside
Slide curves with the landscape
View from the beginning of the descent
Participants sit on foam boards and rollers propel you forward
Up the hill for another go
Horse motifs decorate the park



http://traveling-tengco.blogspot.com/2010/08/towada-city-aomori-prefecture-maps.html

Follow driving directions numbers 1 - 12 from my Aug 2010 blog: Towada City Directions and Maps.

Look overhead for a blue sign that reads Route 102 (Lake Towada) and make a right. Continue on this street for about 15 minutes.

These vending machines signify the upcoming right turn
This sign reads: Towada Baji-Koen and contains a horse icon
Turn left and follow the nicely paved road
The brown vertical sign has a horse shoe on it
Keep going forward; the blue sign has a horse on it
Turn left

2 comments:

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  2. The Towada horse and children's park is now a must visit whenever in find myself in Towada city

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