Icho Sports Park

For those of you who know me personally, it might come as a shock that I've spent the last two days wandering around a place called the Icho Sports Park. However, I'm glad to announce that this park has a lot more to offer, even for those of us who are not usually inclined to participate in competitive athletic events. Hopefully the following photo montage will help illustrate this.

One of the many rice fields that I pass on my way to the park.



Momoishi's most famous landmark is the fake Statue of Liberty, pictured above. As you might have gathered from the middle picture, it was erected to celebrate the fact that Momoishi is the same latitude as New York City. Well intentioned enough, I suppose. However, when you actually get up close to the statue, you realize that it's very strange looking. I think that they didn't realize that the Statue of Liberty is supposed to be a woman because this one has very manly features.





The Japanese seem to take children's playgrounds very seriously. For example, Icho Park features the largest slide I have ever seen in my entire life. The pictures below aren't very good but it was literally difficult to fit the entire slide in the frame. I'm not very good with distances, so I won't even attempt to give an estimate of how long it is.