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JRA Japan Horse Show on Golden Week

Golden Week Horse Park Visit Event Museum Children Playground Setagayaku

Baji-Kouen and museum

Photo by Masahiko Satoh, from Flickr CC BY 2.0

Photo by karitsu, from Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0

Japan Horse Show will be held on May 3 to 5 at Baji-Kouen that is now use for training hurdle race horses.
This park contains several small playground for children with lots of big trees and it's a good place to visit taking lunch box.
Attention ; no pets allowed inside.

This is free charge event. Many open-air stalls sell drinks and foods on such event dates.
You can see horse shows and hurdle races through the event.

http://www.jra.go.jp/news/201404/042301.html
http://www.jra.go.jp/bajikouen/html/access.html

You can check Food and Agriculture Museum next to Baji-Kouen that is managed by TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE.
I visit always when I take my daughter to the park.
http://www.nodai.ac.jp/syokutonou/

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