Anderson Park, Shiroi City

Last Saturday we went to Anderson Park near Shiroi City. This park is kind of unique that it has a fairly large windmill like those from the Netherlands. The park is named after Johannes Christian Anderson the famous writer of children's stories.

We arrived on the opposite side of the park from the windmill and met a friend of mine from work there. Since this is a privately owned park there is an admission price. However the park has some of the biggest play structures I have ever seen. The kids can climb up the stairs and ride a roller slide from about 60 feet up. It's allot of fun. Also there are obstacle courses in the woods made of rope and logs that will challenge the adults also.

The kids had their biggest fun on the huge field of bouncy balls. These where large rubber balls of all different sizes arranged within a huge circle and held down with a fish net. Both of them spent most of their time there.

They also have a small lake and some places where you can control the flow of water with locks and dams. Anna slipped and got her foot wet in the near freezing water. Last year, Anna had visited here with her class and was the first to strip down to her underwear and take a swim. Needless to say, we had to get back home.

Afterwards we went back to our place for pork shabu shabu. Very good.