Nogiwa Park
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| Nogiwa Park | |
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.jpg) Kojō Ōhashi in Nogiwa Park | |
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| Location | Hajiro, Aomori, Japan |
| Coordinates | 40°51′00″N 140°40′33″E / 40.85000°N 140.67583°E |
| Area | 33.9 ha (84 acres) |
| Created | Unclear, before 1972 |
| Public transit access | Aomori City Bus.svg){kind=logo} Tsugaru Line – Aburakawa Station |
Nogiwa Park (野木和公園, Nogiwa kōen) is an urban park in the western part of the city of Aomori, Japan. Major features of the park include a reservoir, various decorative trees, wetlands, several footbridges, and an observatory.
Nogiwa Park is adjacent to National Route 280 to the east and Aomori Prefecture Route 26 to the south in the district of Hajiro in western Aomori. It is roughly 1.1 kilometers (0.68 mi) southwest of Aburakawa Station on the Tsugaru Line. The land to the north of the park is primarily made up of paddy fields. The western side of the park is made up of hilly terrain that marks the eastern edge of the foothills of the Tsugaru Mountains.[1]
The central feature of Nogiwa Park is Nogiwa Lake, a reservoir built in the 17th century, where recreational fishing is permitted.[2] A wooden observatory tower is placed in the northwestern corner of the park where it affords a view of the lake that largely surrounds it.[3] Four footbridges carry the park's pathways over sections of Nogiwa Lake: Nogiwa Sansaku-hashi, Kojō Ōhashi, Mikaeri-hashi, and Kōun-hashi.[4] The rest of the park is forested with decorative trees including black and red pines, weeping willow, and Yoshino cherry. The park's cherry trees are an attraction at its Aomori Spring Festival.[2]
