Health Park — Attraction in Numazu

I have used this park exclusively for outdoor jogging the past few years, so this review only reflects that. I know nothing of using the indoor facilities or playgrounds or sports fields - just the outdoor jogging course. There is a “long loop” 875m jogging course, and included in that is a round ~200m track style course. Overall, the park is very clean and well maintained, has multiple vending machines, toilets and water fountains, a huge parking area, and is open early/stays open late so it can suit just about any kind of daily jogger. The courses are quite wide, made of a track-like material so it is softer than regular asphalt or sidewalk, and there are no pets or cyclists allowed so very convenient for walking or running.

My favorite part of this park is the location. I usually run 5~15km depending on the season, so I usually get bored of mindlessly circling the loop here. I like to research ahead and create routes connecting nearby parks or landmarks. Using exclusively sidewalks it’s easy to run from here to nearby Kadoike Park (about 1km away, which has a 1.3km loop), or do hill runs by Clematis no Oka, or even go straight down past Numazu Station to Kanogawa River or Numazu Port and run on the bike paths by the sea. For me, this central convenience makes Nagaizumi Health Park a really great place for starting and ending a long run.

So… why 4 stars? The only thing wrong with this location is the occasional long maintenance or random event. Every 2 years or so the jogging course track gets dug up and replaced, which shuts down most of the long jogging course for 2-3 months. Also, Nagaizumi holds a few sports or festival-like events here a few times a year, which uses a lot of/nearly all the space in the park. For all those times I finally had some time off, weather was great, was motivated to run, drove here, and then found out I couldn’t, that’s minus half a star. The other negative is for having mostly Japanese style toilets. Of the three restrooms, there is only a single western style Men’s toilet stall in the outside jogging course.

Even with that, it’s a truly nice park for jogging, so i couldn’t recommend it more. Give it a try if...

This town health park has a very open and wide outdoor exercise ground and a few play and exercise areas, plus a cushioned running coarse, an enclosed mini-soccer ground, a much larger and enclosed field area often used for soccer and baseball games, so this whole area is a popular place for people of all ages to get together to exercise and have fun.

There is also a rather expansive indoor arena area, an inexpensive indoor swimming pool and hot tub, some play courts and exercise arenas, a rentable kitchen area, and a small staffed exercise gym available for public use, to name a few of the amenities that are offered inside the building on the same land.

The parking area is free and very, very large (200 plus cars), but it’s often full, so that can give you an indication of how popular this place is.

Why not visit it...

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