Tateishi Park — Attraction in Suwa

To get there, we took an hr via Bullet, 2hr scenic 'regular' train...once there, prepare to walk on flat concrete, uneven stone steps, narrow and wide walkway, flat winding roads (traffic watching recommended)...worth it. No trash cans til top though. Bathroom suited for men. Women short again (squat).

If you have heavy coats, you'll regret it a quarter of the way up. But, love it 20min on top.

Free parking that fills up. But, if you're an anime fan, you'll get it. If you're into just taking photo ops, worth it.

Heard night time is better. We went during the day. I don't recommend night time walking as I don't know if the nice folks whose path we used, if they have courtesy lights.

Still, worth the overall walk. From subway arrival (and return), don't be surprised if you hit an easy 10K steps. Walking all around...

Definitely a great view that's worth the trip up. It's a small park at the top of a mountain,with some playgrounds hidden among the trees,and a slide that i would have went on if not for the rain😆

If you intend to hike up,make sure you have a gps,though there are some footprints on the road to guide(not at every turn though). If you are taking the bus,do note of the bus timings,they're not very frequent. If you take a taxi up,strongly recommend to have the taxi wait for you,unless you can call to book the taxi (else you'll have to walk bout 20-30min down). Of course,if you hike,the scenery at different parts down the is also...

It was a truly a perfect spot to enjoy wide panorama of Suwa Lake. To go there, you need to use Karin-can bus (かりんちゃん) which departed on the Kamisuwa Station East Entrance (上諏訪駅西口). It costs ¥150. Tateishi Park is near with the 8th drop off, please don't get the wrong drop off as it is a hard work to walk around the mountain streets. After that you have to walk around 10 minutes first to get to Tateishi Park. To go back to the station, you can take the bus or walk for around 30 to 40 minutes if you...