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Japan Open Air Folk House Museum
Twenty-five traditional private houses built between 200 to 300 years ago in Eastern Japan have been moved to this open-air museum. These houses have been designed as an important national cultural asset, offer hands-on experience and learning workshops.
044-922-2181
7-1-1 Masugata, Tama-ku (in Ikuta Park)
Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki
The Taro Okamoto Museum of Art collects and exhibits the works and arts donated by Taro Okamoto, an artist who had strong ties to the City of Kawasaki. Other collections and exhibitions are also available include works by his parents Kanoko, Ippei, as well as other modern and contemporary artworks.
Ikuta Green Park
Ikuta Green Park, situated in the rolling Tama hills, is the largest green space in the city and is surrounded by natural trees such as kunugi and conola oaks.
Rose Garden
The rose garden is operated jointly by the City of Kawasaki and volunteer citizens. It boasts some magnificent roses inside the approximately 1.2-hectare compound. The garden opens to the public during a period of the blooming season in spring and during a period of the blooming season in autumn.
044-200-2394 (Park Management
Section, Environmental Protection
Bureau)
044-978-5270 (Rose Garden, Ikuta
Park)
2-8-1 Nagao, Tama-ku
Municipal Science Museum for Youth
The museum provides a detailed overview of the Ikuta Park and its natural features through a permanent exhibition in addition to other special exhibitions. The museum’s planetarium is equipped with a Megastar Ⅱ projector that was developed by Takayuki Ohara, a Kawasaki native. It is capable of showing 4.1 million stars!
Kawasaki Art Center
Kawasaki City Art Center, located in the Shinyurigaoka Station area is the anchor of the proposed “Art City Project.” Along with the nearby Showa University of Music and Japan Academy of Moving Images, the goal for this area is to become the center of creative activities in arts and culture.
YOMIURI LAND
Many exciting rides, including Crazy Houston and White Canyon, and entertaining shows such as the Seal Show await you here in Yomiuri Land.
Kawasaki Fruits Park
Fruit trees such as pear and persimmon grown locally or throughout Japan are showcased here. Tropical plants from their flowering stage to fruit-bearing stage can be viewed in the large greenhouse.
Ecomuseum
One can use the computers here to learn about the history of the Tamagawa Ecomuseum Project, Tama River, or Nikaryo Yosui Canal. A laser disk presentation of Tama River’s natural history is available, and a scaled-down model of the Shukugawara Dam is on exhibition.
Ozenji Furusato Park
This leisure park on the Tama Hills is designed with the theme of water and greenery. Visitors can enjoy year-round leisure activities, such as cherry blossom-viewing party, water recreation, and sports.
044-933-2511
528-1 Ozenji, Asao-ku
Jyokei-ji Temple
This Jodo-Shu temple was built in 1615. The view is spectacular when its more than 1,000 hydrangeas bloom from June to July. There are stone statues of Rakan that adorn the temple gardens.
044-988-1223
6-34-1 Kamiasao, Asao-ku
Korin-ji Temple
The wooden statue of an 11-face Kannon, said to be the work of the priest Gyouki, has been worshipped for standing in for the faithful ones. A 5-tier, 30m tall pagoda sits inside the temple compound.
044-966-5450
3-9-1 Hosoyama, Asao-ku
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