Visit Duration
60 minutes
Utsubo Park
靱公園Nishi, Osaka
Garden
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At a Glance
Utsubo Park is a long, narrow urban park in Nishi Ward, Osaka, divided into an East Garden and a West Garden by Naniwa-suji avenue. It opened in October 1955 on the site of the old Utsubo dried-fish market, which closed after the central wholesale market opened in 1931. After the war the land served as an occupation airfield until the city regained it in 1952.
The East Garden has a zelkova avenue, sculptures and a rose garden of about 190 varieties, which won an excellence award at the 2006 World Rose Convention in Osaka. The West Garden is centred on the Utsubo Tennis Center, a venue for international tournaments. Cafes and bakeries have opened around the park since the late 1990s. A camphor tree beside the small Kusunaga Shrine is said to have been spared when the airfield was built.
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