② Konpira Park
The highlights of this park, located on a small hill, are the red arched bridge over the pond and the red roof of the rest area. Every year from early May to early June, the Siberian cherries and Shibazakura cherry trees bloom in full bloom, and in autumn, the park is enveloped in autumn leaves, allowing you to enjoy the beautiful scenery of each season.
Konpira Park, covering an area of 2.4 hectares, is located approximately 2 km west of the intersection of National Route 275 and Route 94 Mashike-Inada Line.
The town implemented a three-year plan to develop Konpira Park in 1970, and the park was equipped with a reservoir, roads, rest areas, parking lots, water supply facilities, toilets, an outdoor stage, a campground, etc. Many cherry trees have been planted in the park.
This was a project led by officials of Mitani Konpira Shrine, who dug up and planted 45 cherry trees, each about 3 meters tall, from a mountain owned by Sawada Genichi in Ebeotsu-cho, Takikawa City.In 1979, Tsutomu Sakamoto, a member of the secretariat, consulted with Otani Takeshi, president of Fukagawa City's Otani Seed Company, about planting moss phlox at the foot of the mountain in Konpira Park (a "skirt operation").Otani, being a native of Mitani and having been kind to me, donated moss phlox worth 100,000 yen.
With the cooperation of the Mitani Neighborhood Association, the trees were planted, and azaleas and other flowering trees were transplanted to develop the park. However, most of the cherry trees failed to take root, so members of the Hokuryu Town Lions Club subsequently planted 100 cherry trees and 1,500 moss pinks. The Cherry Blossom Festival was held from the first one in 1970 to the 22nd one in 1991.
