Tokorozawa Aviation Memorial Park

Tokorozawa Aviation Memorial Park
Tokorozawa Aviation Memorial Park
所沢航空記念公園
	Location in Japan
Location	Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
Coordinates	35°47′52.96″N 139°28′26.92″E / 35.7980444°N 139.4741444°E
Created	March 1978
Public transit access	Kōkū-kōen Station
Website	www.parks.or.jp/tokorozawa-kokuu

Tokorozawa Aviation Memorial Park (所沢航空記念公園, Tokorozawa Kōkū Kinenkōen) is a park located in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture in Japan. It contains the Tokorozawa Aviation Museum.

History

The park is built on the former site of Tokorozawa Airfield, Japan's first airfield, which was opened on April 1, 1911. Japan's first plane, the Kaishiki biplane No.1, made its first flight at Tokorozawa on October 13, 1911.^[1]

References

^ Tokorozawa Aviation Museum Experience Exhibits Archived 2016-03-14 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved February 10, 2016

External links

Official website (in Japanese)

[1] Tokorozawa Aviation Museum Experience Exhibits Archived 2016-03-14 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved February 10, 2016

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