The park area used to be a military base and US airbase in the early 1920s till 1969, and the proposal was then put forth to have the area re-designed as a park project in commemoration of Showa Emperor's fifty-year-reign. The park is huge - 180 hectares in total - and there are so many things to do and see inside the park. Apparently we only covered a teeny part of the park too. But lunch was so enjoyable - sitting on a bench by the man-made lake, soothing sound of nature in the background and just nobody else's presence to disturb you - so different from Tokyo city centre areas even though the park is still within the Metropolitan Area. The transport cost was a tad expensive though, at 540yen 1-way (>.<) but some things are certainly spend-worthy.
Some pictures!
