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New School Park, Street & Dirt / Re: Skate Park Newbie
« Last post by Mikku on September 03, 2026, 05:31 AM »So where did that summer go? This year’s flying by ffs!
Since my last post, I’ve now checked out two more skate parks on my hit-list. Well three, actually, though I only rode at two of them. The first of those was Urayasu Skateboard Park next to Tokyo Disneyland in Chiba Prefecture. It’s basically a concrete street plaza style park with lots of steps, a few rails and various ledges. There’s also a large concrete berm and a pre-fab wooden halfpipe which I had a little play on. Overall the park was okay but didn’t offer enough for my type (and level) of riding to make it worthwhile going back. The second park was the oddly named Oripuriland in Ichihara, also in Chiba. This was a much bigger, more challenging park than Urayasu with a concrete bowl and huge pre-fab quarterpipes. I spent most of my time on some of the medium-sized quarterpipes and with the kids now back at school, I had the place to myself, which was nice! I’d definitely go back there. Likewise the third park that I stopped by for a quick butcher’s last month on the way home from a bmx track. This was Kasama Park in Ibaraki Prefecture which is one of a few parks owned and run by Murasaki Sports, the Japanese action sports brand. I only had enough time to walk around and take some pics but this was a serious, full-on facility that holds international events. It has a large concrete area with various bowls, quarterpipes and other features, plus an additional indoor/covered area with wooden ramps. I’d definitely like to ride there at some point, though it’s a bit of mission to get to.
Getting to check out these new-to-me parks is super fun but man, I miss my old, local park in Fukui, which was just a 15-minute drive from home and had enough challenging features to keep me entertained. Anyways, I hope to check out another park later this month.
Since my last post, I’ve now checked out two more skate parks on my hit-list. Well three, actually, though I only rode at two of them. The first of those was Urayasu Skateboard Park next to Tokyo Disneyland in Chiba Prefecture. It’s basically a concrete street plaza style park with lots of steps, a few rails and various ledges. There’s also a large concrete berm and a pre-fab wooden halfpipe which I had a little play on. Overall the park was okay but didn’t offer enough for my type (and level) of riding to make it worthwhile going back. The second park was the oddly named Oripuriland in Ichihara, also in Chiba. This was a much bigger, more challenging park than Urayasu with a concrete bowl and huge pre-fab quarterpipes. I spent most of my time on some of the medium-sized quarterpipes and with the kids now back at school, I had the place to myself, which was nice! I’d definitely go back there. Likewise the third park that I stopped by for a quick butcher’s last month on the way home from a bmx track. This was Kasama Park in Ibaraki Prefecture which is one of a few parks owned and run by Murasaki Sports, the Japanese action sports brand. I only had enough time to walk around and take some pics but this was a serious, full-on facility that holds international events. It has a large concrete area with various bowls, quarterpipes and other features, plus an additional indoor/covered area with wooden ramps. I’d definitely like to ride there at some point, though it’s a bit of mission to get to.
Getting to check out these new-to-me parks is super fun but man, I miss my old, local park in Fukui, which was just a 15-minute drive from home and had enough challenging features to keep me entertained. Anyways, I hope to check out another park later this month.
