Kodomo Nature Park (Oike Park)

Overview

This is one of the largeest parks in Yokohama. It is also called 'Oike Park'. In the center of this park there is a huge pond of about 6,600 square meters. This is an old reservoir which supplyed water for Futamatagawa inn. According to the 'Shinpenn Musashi Fudokikou', a historical geographic book, compiled in late Edo era, the size of this pond is 500 tsubo (about 1650 square meters). About 200 plum trees of about 30 kinds in the Ume grove. About 1,000 cherry trees in Sakura mountain.