is a large, hilly

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in northern

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. It is most famous for its

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, which contains examples of rural architecture from various parts of Japan. It also contains tennis courts, bamboo gardens, ponds, playgrounds, flower gardens, a concert hall, a "flower road", a horseback riding track, and a "water world". ''Hattori'' ( 服部) is the name of this region of the city, while ''ryokuchi'' (緑地) is a generic word for a green space, used for numerous other

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s. There was a YHA youth hostel in the park that closed at the end of August 2011.

Hydro park

There are recreational pools directly adjoining the public park in the south-west. Channelling of two rivers, between which rests the park, was developed into the current city waterworks, feeding both the park's ponds, the recreational (swimming) pools, and the fishing-pond separating the parks from the adjacent Temple.

Access

The Midosuji subway line has a station to the east of the park. Get off at the

Ryokuchi-kōen Station is a train station on the Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway (which links directly into the Osaka Metro Midosuji Line) located in Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan. It is named after the nearby Ryokuchi Park. Line *Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway Namboku Line (Station N ...

and walk west for about 5 minutes. Sone Station on the

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is also nearby, 15 minutes from the west entrance of the park.

References

Parks and gardens in Osaka {{Osaka-geo-stub