Number of city parks Japan 2022, by prefecture
As of March 2022, Chiba was the prefecture in Japan with the highest number of city parks, amounting to approximately 6.32 thousand. Hokkaido Prefecture followed with around 4.94 thousand city parks. There were over 113 thousand city parks scattered throughout Japan in that year. City parks refer to parks that were built as a part of city planning, such as parks in residential areas, urban parks, large-scale parks, green buffer zones, and city parks run by the county.