Hitotsumori Park

Overview

Hitotsumori Park is a large comprehensive municipal park in Akita City, Akita Prefecture. Spread across a gentle wooded hill just a short distance from the city center, it is a green, easygoing retreat popular with families on their days off. Grassy lawns, play areas and a rest pavilion are scattered through the grounds, and the changing faces of the trees make it a pleasant place to spend a relaxed afternoon. With no admission fee, it is a well-loved local haven you can drop into whenever the mood strikes.

Highlights

• ●Wide open lawns perfect for picnics and outdoor play
• ●The Yugitei rest pavilion, a shady spot to pause amid the greenery
• ●Walking paths that make the most of the rolling hillside and its views
• ●Trees that mark the passing seasons, and a snow-clad winter landscape

History

Hitotsumori Park opened on April 10, 1986. Developed by Akita City as a comprehensive park, it was created to give residents a place to enjoy nature close to home, and it has been used across generations ever since. For details of specific facilities and how each area came to be, it is best to check the official information.

Map

39.7001, 140.1406 · Wikidata

Suggested itinerary

1. 1Start by spreading out on the lawn for a relaxed picnic
2. 2Follow the walking paths to enjoy the hilly terrain and tree views
3. 3Take a break at the Yugitei pavilion surrounded by greenery
4. 4Families can let children play in the play area, then head into central Akita on the way home

Did you know?

💡 The name Hitotsumori, meaning roughly a single mound of forest, is thought to come from the rounded, wood-covered hill, which forms the park's signature landscape. The rest pavilion known as Yugitei appears in Wikimedia Commons photographs of the grounds.

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