ItisconvenienttotheSunIsland.Touristscangetherebywater,landorair.ItisagreatenjoymenttotouronSonghuaRiverwhentheweatherisfine.ItwillbeexcitingandfulloffuntocrosstheSonghuaRiveronacablecar.Ofcourse,itismuchmoreconvenienttocrosstheriverbylandwithnumerousvehiclescomingandgoingeveryday.Thecenteroftheparkisatawaterpavilion.About1,515squaremeters,thehighlightsincludealongcorridor,alinkcorridorandasquarepavilionbuiltwithmodernmethodsofgardenmaking.
Thesceneryinthegardeniscomposedofartificiallakesandartificialhills.Thereare5inter-linkedlakesaroundtheSunLake.OnthelakeareSisterBridge,PavilionBridge,andWhiteJadeBridge.Theelegantwillows,thepicturesquepavilionsandbridgesaswellastheirreflectionsinthewaterhaveconstitutedmostbeautifulscenery.Thereisathree-layerwaterfallbuiltintheSunHill.Thecrystalclearwatercurtainhangsdownanditssoundcanbeheardfromafar.ThissceneryistheClearSpringandFlyingWaterfall.
SincethenormalizationoftherelationsbetweenChinaandJapan,manyChinesecitieshaveestablishedfriendlyrelationshipwithsomeJapanesecities.Inthe10thyearsinceHarbinandNiigatabecamesistercities,bothsidesbuilttogetherthisJapanesestylefriendshipgardenintheSunIslandParkwhichislocatedonthenorthernbankoftheSonghuaRiver.Coveringanareaof3.7hectares,thegardenwasbuiltwithatotalinvestmentof4.2millionYuan.Japaninvested3.3millionyenandtooktheresponsibilityofthefundamentaldesign.Chinawasresponsiblefortheconstructionwork.Ittook14monthstocompletethegarden.OpenedinSeptember1989,thegardenreceives150,000domesticandforeignguestseveryyear.FriendshipGardenhasbecomeanimportantwindowofHarbin.Theparkisbuiltonthebasisofthenaturalsceneryandblendsbeautifullywithitssurroundings.TheSino-JapaneseFriendshipMemorialHallisoftraditionalJapanesearchitecturalstyle.TouristscanfinddistinctiveJapaneseflavorinthetreesandlargeexpanseoflawns.Facingthewonderfulscenery,touristswouldfeellikebeinginJapan.
Inwinter,SnowSculptureShowholdsannually.Thisshowwasfirstheldin1989.ItisnowasimportantastheIceandSnowWorld.Eachyear,itattractedmorethan10,0000visitorshomeandabroad.