Shizuoka

Oct 14, 2015 - 1 min read

Kakita River Park, Mishima

A peaceful park at the source of a river

By Peter Sidell

Community writer

Here you can see the gravel moving around at the bottom as the water is forced from the ground

There are a handful of information boards like this around the park

Have lunch here

Lions guarding the shrine in the woods

Water is just coming out of the ground here

Follow the boardwalk down by the river

A view across the river from the boardwalk

One of the streams running through the park

The rocks are coated with lichens

Sometimes the boardwalk meets a tree, and the tree wins

One of the lookout points

That lookout overlooks this, the largest of the spring sources

In the southerly reaches of central Mishima, just over the road from Sun to Moon shopping centre, Kakita River Park is a nice spot to relax and take in some natural scenery. It marks the source of the Kakita river, and there are a number of springs dotted around the park, where you can watch the gravel thrash as the water is forced up from the ground. There's also a small shrine in the woods, a wooden boardwalk so you can get closer to the nature, and a lawn with a few picnic tables where you can eat a packed lunch or bento.

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