PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES

Komatsugawa-Sakaigawa Shinsui Park

Shinsui Parks

Shinsui parks are parks that have been brought alive with streams and places where people can enjoy being close to water. The parks offer children a place to play in water, a place where everyone can also enjoy flower-viewing and leisurely strolls.

Furukawa Shinsui Park 1,200 m
Komatsugawa-Sakaigawa Shinsui Park 3,930 m
Shin-Nagashimagawa Shinsui Park 530 m
Shin-Sakongawa Shinsui Park 750 m
Ichinoe-Sakaigawa Shinsui Park 3,200 m

Shin-Sakongawa Shinsui Park Row Boats

Shin-Sakongawa Shinsui Park has an area where you can enjoy rowing boats with friends and family.
Hours: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Hours are subject to change depending on the season or day.)
Fees: ¥600 (60 min.)/¥400 (30 min.) for Coffee Cup and Swan, ¥500 (60 min.)/¥300 (30 min.) for Cycle
Closed: Mondays (closed the next day if Monday is a national holiday), during the year-end/New Years
*Closed during December through February
Inquiries: Public Facilities Section 2, Environment Promotion Public Corporation, Tel: 3675-5030

Flower Garden

Sogo Recreation Park

With an area of land about 24 hectares, this rectangular-shaped park stretches across three kilometers from east and west. Inside the park grounds you can find the Edogawa City Baseball Stadium, Pool Garden, Fuji Park camping area, the Flower Garden and Nagisa Park where you can ride ponies. The park is open throughout the year.
A panoramic shuttle bus runs between the Flower Garden and Nagisa Park.
Hours: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Fees: ¥200 general admission (from junior high school to 64 years of age), ¥100 for children (elementary school age)
* Free for infants and persons 65 years of age and older.
Closed: December 29 to January 3
Inquiries: Fuji Park Maintenance Office, Tel: 3675-5030

Gyosen Park

3-2-1 Kita-Kasai, Tel: 3680-0777
Stretching across 30,000 square meters, Gyosen Park includes Heisei Teien (Japanese Garden), Genshin-An (Japanese-style building), Shizen Dobutsuen (Family Zoo) and a play area.

Heisei Garden

The Japanese-style garden allows you to experience various natural changes of seasons throughout the year.
Fee: Free of charge

Genshin-an Japanese Style House

Tel: 3675-6422
There is a traditional Japanese-style building in the Heisei Garden. Surround yourself with traditional Japanese culture by experiencing an authentic tea ceremony and other events.
For reservations: Reservations can be made five months in advance.
Fees: Fees vary according to the room and the time of use. Please ask for more information.
Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Closed: December 28 through January 4

Shizen Zoo Shizen Zoo Tel: 3680-0777 Charming animals, such as lesser pandas, penguins, prairie dogs, saimiri squirrel monkeys and wallabies, are at the zoo, waiting to welcome all visitors. There is also a Fureai Animal Corner where you can actually touch different animals. Hours: 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (From 9:30 a.m. on Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays. Until 4:00 p.m. from November through February.) Fees: Free of charge Closed: Mondays (closed on the next day if Monday is a national holiday), December 30 through January 1

Pony Land Pony Lands The horses are very friendly! Come see, touch and ride the ponies. At Shinozaki Pony Land there is also a fun carriage ride available. Shinozaki Pony Land 3-12-17 Shinozakimachi, Tel: 3678-7520 Nagisa Pony Land 7-3 Minami-Kasai, Tel: 5658-5720 Age restriction for riding ponies: For children who are in sixth grade of elementary school or below. Age for riding carriages: No restrictions. (Only available at Shinozaki Pony Land.) Hours: 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. Fees: Free of charge Closed: Mondays (closed on the next day if Monday is a national holiday), December 29 through January 3

Koiwa Iris Garden Koiwa Iris Garden Near 4-chome Kita-Koiwa (Edogawa Riverbank): Approximately 20,000 square meters With about 50,000 irises that bloom vividly in early summer, the scenic garden is a beautiful oasis. There are also various wildflowers such as bonesets in the area. Fee: Free of charge

Imai Children’s Traffic Amusement Park

4-10 Edogawa, Tel: 3670-5455
Learn the traffic rules while having fun. The park has a track with authentic signals and traffic control signs. The park also has a popular “Rainbow Cycle” (pedal monorail) ride that is four meters high and 287 meters long.
Attractions:
Rainbow Cycle — 10 vehicles
Go-carts — 30 vehicles
Bicycles — 30 bicycles
Tricycles — 6 tricycles
* In addition, there is a giant slide, swings and a jungle gym.
Fee: Free of charge
Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Closed: December 29 through January 3.
Traffic Class: Held on weekdays for groups.

Komatsugawa Promenade with 1000 Cherry Trees

1 to 3-chome Komatsugawa area
As the Arakawa Super Bank is being constructed to ensure the safety of the city, nearly 1,000 cherry blossom trees are planted stretching 1.9 km from south to north.

Shinozaki Park

1-25-1 Kami-Shinozaki, Tel: 3670-4080 (Management Office)
With an area of land of 160,000 square meters, this park has grassy hills, a Japanese garden, baseball grounds with lights for evening games and tennis courts. The park is also popular since it is the location of the Citizens’ Festival held every October.

Kenko-no-Michi Walk/Cycling Road

A long continuous cycling path runs along the Edogawa River from the north edge of Edogawa City to Tokyo Bay. The path then winds around the southern part of Kasai and along the Arakawa River. Attractions along the way include Koiwa Iris Garden, Pony Land and Kasai Rinkai Park.

Kasai Rinkai Park

Kasai Rinkai Park

6-chome Rinkaicho, Tel: 5696-1331 (Kasai Rinkai Park)/5696-4741 (Kasai Seaside Marine Park)
With a 117-meter high Ferris wheel, this spacious park facing the ocean has grassy hills, an aquarium and a municipal city hotel.

Tokyo Sea Life Park

6-2-3 Rinkaicho, Tel: 3869-5152
The aquarium has various displays such as “Taiyo no Kokaisha” (Sea Voyage), in which a shoal of tuna swims inside a huge 2,200-ton fish tank, “Sekai no Umi” (Oceans of the World), in which you can see fish from the seven seas and a “Touch” Corner, where you can actually touch ocean life.
Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Admission until 4:00 p.m.)
Fees: ¥700 for adults, ¥250 for junior high school students, ¥350 for those 65 years of age and over (Free for those who are elementary school age or younger, and junior high school students who live or go to school in Tokyo).
Closed: Wednesdays (the next day if Wednesday is a national holiday), December 29 through January 1

Kasai Seaside Birdlife Park

6-2-3 Rinkaicho, Tel: 5696-1331
With a man-made lake and large forest, a natural environment where bird-life can thrive was constructed in this park.
Hours: 9:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Bird-watching Center)

Hotel Seaside Edogawa

Hotel Seaside Edogawa

6-2-2 Rinkaicho, Tel: 3804-1180
The hotel offers guests the warmest hospitality in an elegant atmosphere and luxurious setting. Please feel free to take advantage of the services offered at the restaurants, party rooms and other facilities in the hotel.
Room Types: Japanese-style rooms — 24 rooms
Japanese and Western-style rooms — 2 rooms
Special Japanese-style rooms — 2 rooms
Special Western-style room — 1 room
Please call for rates, reservations and other information.

Water Buses

Arakawa Line
Tel: 5608-8869 (Tokyo Metropolitan Parks Association)
This water bus takes a course departing from Hirai Sports Park and covers such great spots as the Arakawa River, Sumida River and Odaiba.
Fees and Days:
Please call for more information as the fees and schedule depend on the course.

Ichinoe-Nanushi-Yashiki Old Residence of Village Head

Ichinoe-Nanushi-Yashiki Old Residence of Village Head

2-21-20 Haruecho
The only remaining remnant in metropolitan Tokyo of an Edo-era home of a village head (“nanushi”). In those times, the village head ran the general affairs of the village.
Hours: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Fees: ¥100
Closed (for visitors): Mondays, Wednesdays, December 27 through January 8 and when the owner is using the facilities.

Yogo-no-Matsu Pine Tree at Zenyo-ji Temple

2-24-2 Higashi-Koiwa
This 600-year-old tree has branches that extend 30 meters to the east and west, and 28 meters to the north and south. “Yogo” is the image of gods and Buddha when they appear in this world.

Subway Museum

Subway Museum

6-3-1 Higashi-Kasai (under the Kasai Station elevated platform), Tel: 3878-5011
This is the only museum in Japan with an exhibit of subway trains. Visitors can sit in an actual driver’s seat at the museum, and enjoy a simulated experience of driving a train while learning all about subway trains.
Access: Get off at Kasai Station on the Tozai Line.
Hours: 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Fees: ¥210 for adults, ¥100 for children (from 4 years of age to junior high school)
Closed: Mondays and December 29 through January 3