Tsurumi-Ryokuchi Park

 This is Tsurumi-Ryokuchi park near Scott's house  (10 min bike ride).  Couldn't believe he had never mentioned it before, this place is huge and has everything - even a camp and BBQ site, mini-golf and the coolest park - ziplines n big big slides!  [This is one of Osaka's largest and most attractive parks--it is so big that it even has its own subway stop! The park opened in the early 1990s as a part of an international flower and greenery expo. For that reason, the park's main attraction is its abundance of flowers from 55 countries and of varieties too many to name.]  
My favourite gardens were the Ireland and South Korea gardens as you can see above.  The day I went you could even get a sneaky view of Japanese wrestling if you looked over the hill!  Osaka buddies get yourself down there n I'll come too!  Me n Scott went the last weekend too.