is a park located in the ''Yoshida'' area of the city of

Nagano Nagano may refer to: Places * Nagano Prefecture, a prefecture in Japan ** Nagano (city), the capital city of the same prefecture *** Nagano 1998, the 1998 Winter Olympics *** Nagano Olympic Stadium, a baseball stadium in Nagano *** Nagano Universi ...

, Japan, approximately 5 km northeast of Nagano Station. The facilities are owned by Nagano Prefecture and by the Nagano municipal government. The park hosted events during the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in the ...

and the

1998 Winter Paralympics The , the seventh Paralympic Winter Games, were held alongside the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan from 5 to 14 March 1998. They were the first Paralympic Winter Games to be held outside Europe. 571 athletes competed in Nagano; as 2022 it remai ...

. The

Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon The Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon ( ja, 長野オリンピック記念長野マラソン) is an annual marathon road race which takes place in mid-April in Nagano, Japan. It is an IAAF Bronze Label Road Race competition. The Nagano Mara ...

begins at Nagano Sports Park. The Aqua Wing Arena located within the Sports Park will be an international pre-training camp for the

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. Nagano Sports Park should not be confused with the Minami Nagano Sports Park, located approximately 8 km south of Nagano Station in the ''Shinonoi'' area of the city, where the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1998 Winter Olympics were held.

History

Nagano Munic Atl Field and Nagano Pref Baseball Stadium

*1966 - the park opened and the Nagano Prefectural Baseball Stadium was completed. *1975 - Nagano Sports Park Pool was completed. *1976 - Nagano Athletic Stadium was completed. *1977 - tennis courts were completed. *1978 - Nagano Sports Park Gymnasium was completed; and the 33rd

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was held. *1997 - Aqua Wing Arena, the B-Venue for the

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice h ...

events at the 1998 Winter Games, was completed. *1998 - Aqua Wing Arena hosted a combined 23 women's and men's ice hockey matches during the 1998 Winter Olympics in February; and the 1998 Winter Paralympics

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events were held here in March. *1999 - Aqua Wing Arena was renovated and opened as the municipal pool. *2006 - Shinko Sports was designed as the manager of the park.

Facilities

*Central square *Walking pond *Ikoi Forest *Nagano Athletic Park General Sports Ground *Pool ( Aqua Wing Arena) *General gymnasium *Track and Field Stadium (Nagano Municipal Sports Track) *Auxiliary stadium (sub track) *Archery field *Sumo ground *Tennis court (Higashiwada tennis court) *Open space *Gate ball field *Nagano Prefectural Baseball Stadium *Nagano City Nishiwada tennis court *Lawn square *Children's square *Mallet Golf Course

Public transportation

* Asahi Station on the Nagano Electric Railway is approximately 15 minutes away by foot * Kita-Nagano Station on the

Shinano Railway The is a Japanese third-sector railway operating company established in 1996 to operate passenger railway services on the section of the JR East Shinetsu Main Line within Nagano Prefecture when it is separated from the JR East network in Octob ...

is approximately 20 minutes away by foot *Bus No.7 leaves from Nagano Station, passengers disembark at ''Undou kouen'' or ''Undou kouen higashi''

References

{{Reflist Venues of the 1998 Winter Olympics Sport in Nagano (city) Parks and gardens in Nagano Prefecture