is a large public,

urban park An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a municipal park (North America) or a public park, public open space, or municipal gardens ( UK), is a park in cities and other incorporated places that offer recreation and green space to r ...

, situated at Utsubo-Hommachi in

Nishi-ku, Osaka is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It is in the west of central Osaka ("Nishi" means "west"), and is generally flat. 80% of the area was destroyed by bombing in World War II, and was not regenerated until the mid-1960s.Japan. The park was constructed at the site of a former air field of the

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, so the land is a long rectangle shape characteristic of a runway (700m x 150m). This place was one of the busiest fish

wholesale markets The consumption and production of marketed food are spatially separated. Production is primarily in rural areas while consumption is mainly in urban areas. Agricultural marketing is the process that overcomes this separation, allowing produce to b ...

(Zakoba fish market and Utsubo dried fish market), from

Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characte ...

until 1931, at that time a new wholesale market was opened at Fukushima ward. The

Utsubo Tennis Center The Utsubo Tennis Center is a tennis complex situated in the Utsubo Park, Nishi-ku, Osaka, Japan. The complex was the host of the HP Open (WTA International tournaments) from 2009 through 2014. The stadium court has a capacity of 5,000 people, s ...

occupies a large area of the western part of the park. Some international tennis tournaments have been held there. The most famous one is the ''

HP Open The Japan Women's Open Tennis is a professional women's tennis tournament played on Hard court, outdoor hard courts. The event is affiliated with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and is an WTA International Tournaments, International-level to ...

'' and ''

World Super Junior Tennis Championships The Osaka Mayor's Cup is an International Tennis Federation, ITF Grade A junior tennis tournament. It is held annually in Osaka. Champions Boys Singles Boys Doubles Girls Singles Girls Doubles {, class="wikitable" , - !Year !width="200", ...

''. Around the eastern part of this park, many cafes and bakery have opened after 1990. Sometimes open-air wedding are held at the rose garden. This area is becoming one of the fashionable places in Osaka city.

Facilities

*Osaka science and technology centr

*Utsubo tennis centr

:stadium(centre court):one hard court, capacity of about 5000 :sub centre court:one hard court, capacity of about 500 :public:14x hard courts, 4x clay courts *Rose garden : admission free *wedding hall and restaurants

Activities in the park

*Rose festival : concerts, mid May at rose garden *Flower and sculpture exhibition : from mid October to November

Access

Higobashi Station is a railway station on the Osaka Metro Yotsubashi Line in Nishi-ku, Osaka, Japan. Connecting line *Keihan Railway Nakanoshima Line (Watanabebashi Station) Layout There is an island platform with two tracks on the second basement. Surroundi ...

of Metro

Yotsubashi Line The is an underground rapid transit line in Osaka, Japan, operated by Osaka Metro. The line connects Umeda, Hommachi, Yotsubashi, Namba, Daikokuchō and Suminoe, and runs parallel to the Midōsuji Line from Daikokuchō to Nishi-Umeda. Its offic ...

and

Watanabebashi Station is a railway station on the Keihan Electric Railway Nakanoshima Line in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan, and opened on October 19, 2008 (the day of the opening of the Nakanoshima Line). Station layout An island platform serving two tracks is located o ...

Keihan Railway , known colloquially as the , , or simply , is a major Japanese private railway operator in Osaka, Kyoto, and Shiga Prefectures. The transit network includes seven lines; four main lines with heavy rolling stock, two interurban lines, and a funic ...

is closest to the eastern part of Utsubo park (rose garden).

Awaza Station is a railway station on the two lines of the Osaka Metro. The station is in Nishi-ku, Osaka, Japan. Lines * ** (Station Number: C15) ** (Station Number: S13) Layout *There are two side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal ...

of Metro Chūō and Sennichimae Line is closest to the Tennis Stadium.

External links

*Official page of Utsubo par

(Japanese language)

Photographs

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Activities in the park

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See also

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