Hattori Ryokuchi Park — Attraction in Toyonaka

The Japanese Folk Houses Museum in Hattori Ryokuchi Park is an architectural and cultural museum that relocates and exhibits typical 'minka' houses from the north-east to the south of Japan. Minka refers to the houses of the common people. Most of the houses on display here are farmhouses. Due to the long length of the Japanese archipelago, the climate differs greatly between the southern and northern parts of the country. As a result, the shapes of minka and the construction methods used vary greatly from region to region. In this minka garden, visitors can compare and learn about these regional differences. Minka is not very decorative, but you can feel the Japanese view of nature in the primitive and elegant appearance of the...

Pretty large and good park for most things... But, the recent remake of an open play field into a rental sports field is really unfortunate. Now there is no real good place to play and throw balls and such, meaning people play on the walk ways, making it more crowded and with a slight chance of getting a ball or such in your head (mostly on weekends). There is also a large bamboo area that could be really beautiful, but unfortunately it is mostly blocked off. It was...

I visited this place in the last few days of October. Some trees are beginning to change into autumn leaves. Place is full of locals and not very popular for tourists, mainly because of location but it’s accessible by train (Midosuji line) there are historic houses/buildings and the rest of the park is clean, peaceful and perfect...