Minami-Nagasaki Sports Park
{{Short description|Public park in Tokyo, Japan}}
{{Infobox park
| name = Minami-Nagasaki Sports Park
| photo = Minami-Nagasaki Sports Park (eastern entrance) 2016 12 01.jpg
| photo_width = 250
| photo_caption = Eastern entrance to the park
| type =
| location = Toshima Ward, Tokyo, Japan
| publictransit = Ochiai-minami-nagasaki Station
| coords = {{Coord|35.725083|N|139.683500|E|source:placeopedia|display=title}}35.725083,139.683500
| area = {{convert|12,226|m2|acre}}
| created = July 2013}}
{{nihongo|Minami-Nagasaki Sports Park|南長崎スポーツ公園|Minami-Nagasaki Supo-tsu Kōen}} is a public park in Toshima Ward, Tokyo, Japan. It is the largest public park in Toshima Ward. The total park area includes the area of the Minami-Nagasaki Sports Center building and the football pitch. The area of the grassy section of the park excluding the football pitch is about 3,204 m2.
History
Minami-Nagasaki Sports Park is an urban planning park that was built on the site of the former Nagasaki Junior High School ({{Nihongo2|豊島区立長崎中学校}}), which was completed in May 1950. The school closed in 2006 due to a fall in the number of students. Based on answers to an Internet questionnaire, the park was made a sports and disaster-prevention location.
The park contains a memorial plaque to Nagasaki Junior High School.
Facilities
There is a sports center, football (soccer) pitch (multipurpose square), open space with a lawn, and in summer there is a small fountain and water area (called Jabu-Jabu Ike (Splashing Pond)). There is play equipment for children including swings and slides. As a disaster-prevention facility, the park has a water-sampling port, a manhole that can serve as a temporary toilet, and a bench that can be used as a small oven.
The park also offers access to existing disaster-prevention wells and fire-prevention water tanks.
Gallery
File: Minami-Nagasaki Sports Park (memorial) 2016 12 01.jpg|Memorial to the old school that used to occupy the site
File: Minami-Nagasaki Sports Park (play equipment) 2016 12 01.jpg|Play equipment in the park
File: Minami-Nagasaki Sports Park (fountain) 2016 12 01.jpg|Fountain and water area in the park (summer only)
File: Minami-Nagasaki Sports Park (football pitch) 2016 12 01.jpg|Football pitch that makes up part of the park
File: Minami-Nagasaki Sports Center 2016 12 01.jpg|Minami-Nagasaki Sports Center, which forms part of the park
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
- [http://www.city.toshima.lg.jp/340/shisetsu/koen/053.html www.city.toshima.lg.jp]
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20180207234917/http://www.shisetsu.jp/town.minaminagasaki/sportspark/ shisetsu.jp]