Yoyogi Park
Metropolitan park of 54 ha next to Meiji Jingu. Always open, free. Picnic lawns, cycling course, dog run (web registration, 12 Tokyo parks). Weekend festivals on Event Plaza and Keyaki Namiki. Service centre 03-3469-6081.
About Yoyogi Park
Yoyogi Park is the lawn Harajuku actually uses. It opened 20 October 1967 on the old Yoyogi parade ground / Washington Heights / 1964 Olympic Village. A-district is the forest park (Yoyogikamizonocho). B-district (Jinnan) holds the track, outdoor stage, and urban sports; that slice is yoyogi-cpark.com, not the Tokyo Park Association. Entry is free. The park is always open. The service centre and some facilities close around New Year. Area 544,711 m². Dog run 3,620 m² needs the 12-park web registration. Cycling centre and a kids’ cycling plaza sit in A-district. Paid car park 65 spaces, 24 hours; weekends fill, so the park asks visitors to use the train. Festival calendars live on yoyogikoen.info (Event Plaza, Keyaki Namiki) and on the Park Association news page. Pair a morning here with Meiji Jingu. Do not type the park as a mall.