If you are looking for a park in Ehime with large play equipment, this guide compares five city-run parks: Matsuyama Sogo Park and Wakuwaku Land in Matsuyama City, Takinomiya Park in Niihama City, and Ohisama Park and Fujiyama Health and Culture Park in Imabari City. It covers what each has, how many parking spaces there are and what the city pages say about getting there.
In short
- Matsuyama Sogo Park has 4 car parks with 425 spaces in total. Takinomiya Park has 127 and Wakuwaku Land has 54.
- Imabari City lists play areas for ages 1 to 3 (“Sukusuku Garden”, すくすくガーデン) at Ohisama Park and Fujiyama Health and Culture Park.
- Wakuwaku Land is the park by the sea, with a view of Kashima island. Its car park is locked outside the hours of 7:00–20:00 (until 21:00 from July to September).
- The city pages for Wakuwaku Land (last updated 2019) and Takinomiya Park (last updated 2022) are old, so check before you go.
Checked with official pages on 5 October 2026.
1. Which park fits your day?
Depends on the park
Parking is the first thing to check: Matsuyama Sogo Park’s car parks close at 17:00 for most of the year. Click a name to jump to its section.
| Park | City | Big play equipment | Parking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matsuyama Sogo Park | Matsuyama | Bocchan Dream Land, roller slider | 425 (4 car parks) |
| Wakuwaku Land | Matsuyama | Large composite set, Tarzan rope | 54 |
| Takinomiya Park | Niihama | Large composite set | 127 (4 car parks) |
| Ohisama Park | Imabari | Three zones by age | Yes (see section) |
| Fujiyama Park | Imabari | New composite set, climber | Not stated |
The city pages give the opening hours of the car parks, but not of the parks themselves, and they do not state a closing day for any of the five.
2. The five parks
Depends on the park
Several of these playgrounds are new. Ohisama Park opened on 22 December 2024, and its large composite play equipment has been in use since 8 September 2025. Fujiyama Health and Culture Park’s composite play equipment was renewed in November 2025. Takinomiya Park has been in a renewal project since fiscal 2019.
2.1 Matsuyama Sogo Park (松山総合公園), Matsuyama City
This general-purpose park of about 45 hectares has a lookout plaza, a cherry-tree hill, a camellia garden and a dog run. The city’s page says the lookout plaza was certified a “Japan Night View Heritage” site in August 2022. It also has the Happymaru Hill (はぴまるの丘), the Matsuyama City Animal Welfare Center, which opened in March 2024.
The play areas are Bocchan Dream Land (坊っちゃん夢ランド), with colorful equipment inspired by the Botchan steam train and a “Time Station”, and a doughnut-shaped “Old Western City”, and Chibikko Hiroba (ちびっこ広場), which has a roller slider and sits next to the cherry-viewing plaza. These details come from the park’s pamphlet.
| Car park | Spaces | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| No. 1 (entrance plaza) | 15 | 9:00–20:00 (until 21:00 Jul–Sep) |
| No. 2 | 66 | 9:00–17:00 (until 21:00 Jul–Sep) |
| No. 3 | 250 | 9:00–17:00 (until 21:00 Jul–Sep) |
| No. 4 | 94 | 9:00–17:00 |
The city may open the car parks earlier when traffic around the park is a problem. On the day of the Matsuyama Port Festival Mitsuhama Fireworks (松山港まつり 三津浜花火大会), car park No. 1 is closed all day and the roads into Nos. 2 and 3 close at 17:00. The dog run can use car parks 3 and 4, and No. 4 is nearer. The lookout tower and the management building can be entered 9:00–17:00 (9:00–21:00 from July to September).
Getting there: By car, enter from National Route 196 at the east entrance. By city bus, take line 10 (for Tsuda Danchi) to “Matsuyama Sogo Koen-mae” and walk 5 minutes to the east entrance. By train, it is a 15-minute walk from Kinuyama Station or Nishi-Kinuyama Station on the Iyotetsu Takahama Line to the north entrance (next to Myogenji temple).
Address: 1-chome Asahigaoka, Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture · Open in Google Maps
Phone: 089-923-9439 (Sogo Park management office)
Matsuyama City park page (Japanese; updated July 2025)
2.2 Hanazuma-no-Hana Wakuwaku Land (波妻の鼻 わくわくランド), Matsuyama City
Wakuwaku Land is on a seaside spot called Hanazuma-no-Hana, on the site of a former training facility of Hojo Sports Center. It opened on 22 July 2017. It has a lookout plaza, a lawn plaza, a grassy slope, athletic play equipment, a pavilion and toilets (men, women and accessible). It has a Tarzan rope and large composite play equipment. Children can slide or roll down the lawn on the slope. The view straight ahead is Kashima island, part of Setonaikai National Park.
The car park is open 7:00–20:00 (until 21:00 from July to September), and the gate is locked after that, so you must drive out within the hours. It has 54 car spaces and about 30 bicycle spaces. The city says it is 8 minutes on foot from the seaward side of “Kazahaya no Sato Fuwari” (風早の郷風和里). The city’s page was last updated in November 2019, so check it before you go.
Address: 168 Oura, Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture · Open in Google Maps
Phone: 089-948-6519 (Matsuyama City Park Management Division)
Matsuyama City park page (Japanese)
2.3 Takinomiya Park (滝の宮公園), Niihama City
The park is in hills called Kanekoyama. The path around the pond, Takinomiya Oike (滝の宮大池), is about 0.85 km for one lap. The play square has large composite play equipment, combination play equipment and swings, and a small animal house where you can meet guinea pigs. The park also has a Japanese garden, a cherry-viewing plaza and two lookout decks. Niihama City says it began a renewal project in fiscal 2019, and it describes about 1,500 cherry trees.
There are four car parks with 127 spaces in all: No. 1 (park entrance) has 59, No. 2 (Momijidani) 14, No. 3 (lookout) 25 and No. 4 (park entrance) 29. The city’s rules for visitors are to take your rubbish home, not to use fire (no barbecues or fireworks), to take dog droppings home, and not to feed the animals. The city page was updated in February 2022 and does not state opening hours, a closing day or directions.
Address: Takinomiya Park, Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture (the city page gives no street address) · Open in Google Maps
Phone: 0897-65-1270 (Niihama City Urban Planning Division)
Niihama City park page (Japanese)
2.4 Imabari Children’s Park Ohisama Park (今治こども公園おひさまパーク), Imabari City
The park is divided into three zones by age. The large composite play equipment for children aged about 6 to 12 has been open since 8 September 2025. It has several types of slides, a jungle gym, climbing boards, a rope slide and swings. The toddler zone (about 3 to 6) has “inclusive” equipment designed so that children with different characteristics can play together: an inclusive composite set, an inclusive swing and a rotating piece of equipment, plus whale and pirate-ship swings. The infant zone (about 1 to 3) has animal-themed equipment, such as an elephant slide, a turtle climb and a dolphin tunnel, on soft rubber-chip paving.
The park opened on 22 December 2024 next to a facility called Bari Clean (バリクリーン). The park has a car park. If it is full, use the car park at the neighbouring Kanoko Green Park (鹿ノ子グリーンパーク). The city asks visitors not to park anywhere else, and to leave bicycles in the bicycle area.
Address: 378 Machidani, Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture (next to Bari Clean) · Open in Google Maps
Phone: 0898-36-1561 (Imabari City Maintenance Division)
Imabari City park page (Japanese)
2.5 Fujiyama Health and Culture Park (藤山健康文化公園), Imabari City
This general park of about 13.5 hectares in Onishi-cho has a lawn plaza and a lookout deck on the Myokenyama burial mound (妙見山古墳). Its composite play equipment was renewed in November 2025. Imabari City says it has a climber and various types of slides and is designed for everyone to play on together. The city’s “Sukusuku Garden” list (a play area with equipment 1- to 3-year-olds can use safely) includes this park. The city page does not state the number of parking spaces, the opening hours or a closing day.
Address: 579-1 Otsu, Miyawaki, Onishi-cho, Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture · Open in Google Maps
Phone: 0898-53-3500 (Imabari City Onishi Branch Office)
Imabari City park page (Japanese)
3. Which park for which day?
Depends on the park
- A child aged 1 to 3. Ohisama Park’s infant zone or Fujiyama Park, both on Imabari’s Sukusuku Garden list.
- Play with a sea view. Wakuwaku Land, but leave before the car park locks at 20:00 (21:00 from July to September).
- Many parking spaces. Matsuyama Sogo Park, with 425 across four car parks. Check the 17:00 closing time of Nos. 2 to 4.
- Active children. Takinomiya Park’s large composite set in Niihama, or Chibikko Hiroba’s roller slider at Sogo Park.
- Children in all three age groups. Ohisama Park’s three age zones.
4. Common questions
Which park has a play area for ages 1 to 3?
Imabari City’s list of “Sukusuku Garden” play areas, for children aged 1 to 3, includes Ohisama Park and Fujiyama Health and Culture Park. Ohisama Park’s infant zone has animal-shaped equipment on soft paving.
What if the car park is full?
At Ohisama Park, the city tells drivers to use the car park of the neighbouring Kanoko Green Park. Matsuyama Sogo Park has four car parks; No. 3 is the largest, with 250 spaces.
Is there a dog run?
Matsuyama Sogo Park has a dog run, and car parks 3 and 4 can be used for it (No. 4 is closer). On foot, enter from the stairs north of car park 3 or from the city road beside car park 4. Takinomiya Park asks visitors to take dog droppings home.
