We’d like to ask our readers what this “certain piece of playground equipment” in Traffic Park looks like to you.
Even someone from City Hall said they “don’t know.”
Here it is↓

If it looks like something else to you, feel free to add an option to the survey↓
- オフィスビル18%(24票)
- マンション30.8%(41票)
- 船22.6%(30票)
- 火の見やぐら1.5%(2票)
- こどもが創造力を養うための遊具だと思ういます。9.8%(13票)
- 商業施設6.8%(9票)
- 橋6%(8票)
- お城の一角3%(4票)
- https://gti.page.link/f5UtQEE8opSrNNBS70.8%(1票)
- 警察署0.8%(1票)
If anyone knows the roots of this playground equipment, or remembers playing on it in a certain way, please let us know. We’ll include it in the article.
Here↓
Actually, I
went to nearby Yōkai Elementary School, and I used to climb on this all the time when I played.
I’d personally love to know what exactly this playground equipment was modeled after!

By the way, Traffic Park currently has red cones and barriers set up, almost like a construction site.

The department store and police station have definitely been around for a while.
Actually, the park is currently being remade with the help of students from Otemae University.

Here are the “flower shop,” “fruit shop,” and “cafe” after their makeover✨
The park suddenly looks so much brighter!

“Curry shop,” “hospital,” and “stationery shop”
They’re all bright and adorable♪

The “post office.” The hole that makes you want to crawl right through is the entrance♪
You can see other completed makeovers here.

The “music hall” is currently in progress.
So the red cones and barriers were there to protect the children from the paint^^

Many other pieces of playground equipment throughout the park are also in the middle of getting a fresh coat of paint!

Details are here↑
Apparently, the “barber shop” will be remade into a “pizza shop,” the “theater” into “Koshien Stadium,” and the “company” into a “hair salon”!
Traffic Park is here on the map↓
The address is 9-20 Kubocho, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture.
Finally

The nostalgic old-style Shinkansen at Traffic Park was my favorite playground equipment when I was a kid.

This photo is from about 25 years ago.(That weird-looking kid in the upper left is me)
The blue of the Shinkansen was much brighter than it is now!When a park has colorful playground equipment, it feels brighter, and there are more smiles on children’s faces^^
To everyone at Otemae University, thank you for working so hard for the children, even during such a difficult time.



















