“Omiya Park is a beautiful and relaxing place in Saitama. The park is clean, spacious, and perfect for families. There are plenty of trees, walking paths, a pond, playgrounds, and even a free zoo. It is especially beautiful during cherry blossom season. A great place to spend a peaceful day outdoors.”
Until 7/8, this place is holding the special event featuring Tanabata, a Japanese traditional festival. It's fabulous and you must go.
I love this park. It's basically my local. The wide open park is connected to a free zoo, Hikawa Shrine, the NACK5 soccer stadium, a bicycle race track, and the Museum of History and Folklore. There is a small lake in the middle of the park, too, that has rowboats you can take out for 20 minutes for a modest fee. This park is a destination spot for hanami (cherry-blossom viewing) in late March and early April, so if you want to go there with a group, send someone ahead of time with your shikimono (tarp) to secure a nice spot. The zoo is small but free, and it has an aviary as well as a hyena, a bear, and some monkeys and pigs. Nice for the kids. A fun playground is right next to that. Hikawa Shrine is obviously the main draw, and it's a beautiful building with grounds, even having a beautiful red bridge over a pond as you approach the temple. A huge red torii gate will let you know where the grounds actually start. The soccer stadium is home to the J-League Omiya Ardija football club, and the bicycle race track next door is a place were all the old men hang out and bet on races. The museum is nice to visit once, too, as it has an interesting collection of local folklore artifacts. Photography is permitted in some areas but forbidden in others. Basically, you could spend half a day here easily.
Very chill and quiet park when i went there
It was raining tho but its perfect
Free zoo nearby too, do check it out
Today, I enjoyed cherry blossom viewing and a picnic with my family here... On the way, we saw an exciting archery competition.
