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| How the Park is Used | Use of the Surrounding Vacant Land | Outline of the Scale of Facilities |

How the Park is Used

This urban park is close to the city center, and so about 80% of the people who use it come from within the city. With the introduction of new facilities to the park, the trend is for more visitors coming from greater distances.
Surveys show that the main methods of transport to the park are private cars and rail each accounting for 40% of the total.
Of the total number of visitors who come to use the park, about 45% come with their families and 23% come with friends, but school groups and the like also account for a large number, so people can enjoy themselves time and again in the spaciousness of this special park here in the city.
Because of its spaciousness and the convenience of its location the park is suitable for a variety of events, and it is hoped that it may be used for new types of open air events such as new sporting activities and outdoor barbecues.

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Use of the Surrounding Vacant Land

A report was put forward by the Central Council for National Properties of the Ministry of Finance on 19th November 1979 with regard to outline plans for utilization of the vacant land of the former Tachikawa air base (566 hectares approximately). According to those plans, in addition to the construction of the Showa Kinen Park, the following is outline plans for utilization of the land.

A Wide Area Disaster Base
The Tachikawa wide area disaster base is in a strategic location for dealing with emergency operations during a large scale disasters in the southern Kanto area. It can integrate all the disaster prevention services necessary such as airport, medical, and emergency stockpiling facilities. It was completed in FY 1995 and has been used for the training of personnel engaged in fire fighting and for spreading information about disaster prevention.
Business Area
In the south-eastern and south-western section of this vacant land, plans and projects are underway for the building of sites for business facilities such as office buildings for public facilities, and private offices. In Faret Tachikawa, in the south-eastern section, in an area of 5.9 hectares, an urban redevelopment by the Housing and Urban Development Corporation opened in October 1994 and saw the integrated establishment of buildings which housed commercial and service facilities and offices together with many contemporary works of art which breathe the spirit of the expressions of human nature into the city.
Reserved Land
Other areas are being reserved for the time being until their use is decided.

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Outline of the Scale of Facilities

Name	Area (m²)	Main Facility
Tachikawa Gate Plaza	26,300	Sunken area, Flower bed Plaza
Tachikawa Gate	3,400	Bicycle Center, Unicycle Corner
Exhibitions Plaza	74,300	Turfed Area (16,900m²)
Katarai no Michi(Rambling Path)	4,000	Canal, total length 200m, Fountain, Pergola
Flower Tree Garden	90,000	Flower Tree Garden Exhibition Center, Flowering trees for all season, 100,000 flower bulbs such as daffodils etc.
Open Field	252,000	Turfed area (58,600m²), Playground, FuwaFuwa Dome (mini cloud cover), Playland, 'Frisbee' 9 holes Golf Course.
Fureai Bridge (Friendship Bridge)	140m	Japanese Map 1/790,000
Rainbow Pool	6,300	Surface water area - Clover Pool 2,900m², Holding area 9,655m³, Slide Pool 160m², Running Water Pool 3,060m², Big Wave Pool 4,000m², Slides (100m x 2, 75m x 1, 65m x 1)
Water Playland	14,000	Surface water area, Large Waterfall Pool 320m², Volume of water retained 1,265m², Mountain Stream Pool 200m², Adventure Pool 1,490m², Toddlers Pool 240m², Monument Pool 100m²
Waterfowl Lake	70,000	Surface water area 51,000m², (average water depth 1.5m, maximum depth 3m), Boats for Hire (30 rowing boats) Canoes (10) Pedalos (60)
Bird Sanctuary	30,000	Land area 26,000m², Water area 4,000m²
Serpentine Area	74,000	Surface water area 4,910m² (total length 700m)
Dragonfly Marsh	1,000	Water level 5cm - 20cm Wooden Path
Sports Area	12,000	Sand area, Soccer, Lacrosse, Soft ball
Outdoor Barbecue Area	10,000	14 outdoor tables, 16 stoves, Washing area, Wigwams
Pitch-and-Putt Golf Course	12,000	18 holes (Special Turf) 'Korai' turf
Sports Area	15,000	4 x Horse Shoe Tossing (21m x 6m), 2 x Croquet Courts (32m x 25.6m), 1 x Lawn Bowling Court (36m x 36m rink); 12 x Petanc Courts (15m x 4m)
Woodland Park Area	32,000	Disc golf Course ( 18 holes)
Children's Forest	90,000	WakuWaku Plaza, Bottom Spring, Fortress in the Woods, Rainbow Hammocks, Forest House, Wooden House, Kid's Forest, Sun Pyramid, Foggy Woods, Sea of Clouds, Dragon Dunes, Stone Valley.
Japanese Garden	59,000	Surface water area 6,300m² approximately, Stroll Around Lake and Water Feature type of Garden, 'Kanfutei' (traditional wooden building)
Green Recycling Center	21,000	Facilities for making compost, Yard for carrying out work
Komorebi Hill (Glade Hill)	20,000
Surrounding Green Belt	82,000

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