Honshiba Park

Hoshiba Park stretches along the JR tracks near Tamachi Station in Tokyo, a city park built around children with a boat-shaped play structure and a large sandbox. The boat-themed play equipment and sea creature sculptures reflect the area's past as a sandy beach and fishing village. The sandbank was called a fish market during the Edo period and was the setting of the classic rakugo story Shibahama, and the park has benches with tables and clean restrooms. The park sits against the train tracks, so train noise is constant and ball play is difficult.