[2025 Takaoka Attraction] Travel Guide for Takaoka Old Castle Park (Updated Jan)

During sakura full-bloom season, I went to various park for hanami. Two places that I am interested in was Kanazawa Castle and Takaoka Old Castle Park. In Takaoka, there were lesser foreigner and people and has more beautiful scenery dan other park that I had went to before. #一人旅 #石川 #さくら2024 #富山 #0円旅

It’s a nice garden to hang around whereby you can enjoy the art viewing on many nice statues in the garden. However, you will find less tourists here as this is not the popular tourist spot. Takaoka Castle Park (高岡古城公園, Takaoka Kojō Kōen) is a park in central Takaoka. This park with wide lawns ideal for picnicking, lush wooded areas with walking trails, and many cherry trees. This makes the park a popular hot spot especially for the local residents.

Takaoka is a very small city in Japan. My wife and I traveled to Kansai and Hokuriku for a month this time. We came to Takaoka mainly to visit the exhibition hall of Fujiko F. Fujio and reminisce about our favorite childhood cartoon, Doraemon. Stayed at a hotel next to the station and started walking slowly around the city in the morning. First went to the Gao Tang Buddha, then to the Ancient City Park. Surprisingly, the Ancient City Park is a free park with a free zoo inside. The Ancient City Park in mid-November is even more stunning, as the plants by the pond color the entire pond, and any photo taken with a mobile phone is a salon masterpiece. Spent the morning playing in the park, had lunch and then went to the Fujiko F. Fujio Museum, and finally checked in at the Doraemon Park. Today we were lucky enough to see the famous Tateyama mountain range in the distance all day long. Managed to visit all the attractions just before it got dark. So happy!