• Exit base out the POL/Falcon gate.

• Turn left at first light and head east past airport.

• Turn left at second light. Circle K will be on your right where you turn left.

• Pass the Aviation and Science Museum entrance and stoplight.

• Turn left at next stop light. signs will direct you to the park.

• Continuing straight across a bridge, you will soon see ball parks on the right. Continue straight for access to one camping area and the Shuji Terayama Museums.

• If you turn right, you can access the parking lot for the sport fields and trails by turning right at the first or second right turns.

• If you don't take the first right, you can find the hot bath and restaurant at the second right. There are hiking trails here, too.

• If you don't take the first or second right, you will reach Lake Ogawara Continue on this road and you can return to Misawa city and the air base.

Lake Ogawara is the center of Misawa’s outdoor activities. There are campsites around the beach used by many local people from early summer through fall. The Citizen’s Forestry Park is located adjacent to the lake. Many facilities are available at the park; field/ track field, tennis courts, baseball stadium, cross country ski courses, hot spring bath, etc. Other facilities are built along the shore of the lake; auto-camping site with a large parking lot being able to park 105 cars and a restaurant/ rest house “Lake Pier”.

If you want to go camping at this site, contact the management office.

• Auto camping
  • Runs from 1 p.m. to 11 a.m., opening hours(Open from May 1^st to October 31)
  • Admission fee:
    • Tent site A/ C: 2,500 Yen(Equipped with power outlet)
    • Tent site B: 2,100 Yen
    • caravan site (Equipped with power outlet) : 3,500 Yen
  • Address: 261-4 Sabishirotai
  • Phone: 0176-59-3311
• Sports facilities
  • Runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., opening hours
  • Day closed: Third Monday of every month
  • Admission fee:
    • Hockey ground: 2,000 Yen per a day
      • Morning: 1,000 Yen
      • Afternoon: 1,500 Yen
    • Athletic field & soccer ground: 5,200 Yen per a day
      • Morning: 2,600 Yen
      • Afternoon: 3,100 Yen
    • Baseball ground: 600 Yen per an hour
    • Tennis court: 300 Yen per a person
    • Roller skate ground: 200 Yen per a person
  • Address: Sabishirotai
  • Phone: 0176-59-2221
• Yasuragi hot spring bath house
  • Runs from 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., opening hours
  • Day closed: Third Monday of every month, and from December 30 to January 2
  • Admission fee:
    • Misawa citizen:
      • Adult: 100 Yen
      • Children: 50 Yen
    • Others
      • Adult: 150 Yen
      • Children: 100 Yen
  • Address: Sabishirotai
  • Phone: 0176-59-3388

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