Rinshi-no-mori Park

35°37′30″N 139°42′12″E / 35.625028°N 139.703267°E / 35.625028; 139.703267Area120,762 square metres (29.841 acres)Created1 June 1989Public transit accessFudō-mae Station and Musashi-Koyama Station

Rinshi-no-mori Park (林試の森公園, Rinshi-no-mori Kōen) is a public park that straddles the wards of Meguro and Shinagawa in Tokyo, Japan. The park's name derives from the Japanese term ringyo shikenba (林業試験場), meaning an experimental forestry station.

Overview

• The thickest tree in the park is a zelkova with a trunk circumference of 3.82 m. The tallest tree is a poplar with a height of 35.5 m.
• Blue butterflies (Antigius attilia) can be found on old Chinese cork oak trees in the park. They are rare in the wild in Tokyo.
• A small valley runs from north to south in the center of the park. This is the remnant of an irrigation ditch.
• In addition to a forest with large trees, there is a lawn plaza, a day camp facility, a pond for children to play in in the summer, and a ground on the west side that can be used for baseball and soccer training.

Access

• By train: 9 minutes’ walk from Fudō-mae Station or Musashi-Koyama Station on the Tōkyū Meguro Line

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  Water wheel in the park

See also

• Parks and gardens in Tokyo
• National Parks of Japan

References

• Website of Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association (in Japanese)

External links

• Website of Let’s Go to the Park with 1,000 yen (in Japanese)