- A new record was set for the world’s smallest park.
- The park is outside Tokyo, in Japan.
- The previous record holder was Mill Ends Park in Portland, Oregon.
Verdant grass, stone carvings, and a delightful bench to relax. In every way, Nagijumi, Green Place in the small town of Japan Two-hour drive in south-west of Tokyo– All the elements of a delightful park… except for the fact that it is a sum of about 2.58 square feet.
Measuring in the size of two standard pieces of paper, this small patch is not far from the town hall of Nagijumi above a square of bricks in a residential neighborhood. And just last week, it’s a set Guinness World Records As the world’s smallest park.
Despite its short stature, the short park has long been a local favorite, and the city dwellers will often stop sitting on the bench, while passengers love to get photographed with it – the city has already been using the world’s smallest “monkey, before it was officially declared on 25 February.
Shooji Koyama, a team leader of the Construction Management Division of Nagijumi, said, “We want to maintain the park with the community, as well as to create a landscape, which is more social media friendly, so that more people get more attractions of our city.”
Koyama said that the idea for the park first came in 1988 when another staff member traveled. Mill ends park (Measuring 3.14 sq ft size in Portland, Oregon), which, at that time, kept the title for the smallest park in the world. So, when he returned to Japan and saw an empty patch along the road, he realized that it was a chance to be even smaller of Nagijumi.
To make it official, professional surveyors were brought, and data points were collected according to the Guinness World Records standards – and now, Nagijumi has a new (adorable) standard for microprars worldwide.
