Japan park recognized as world’s smallest park by Guinness World Records

The park is 0.24 square meters, equivalent to 2 sheets of A3 paper. THE JAPAN NEWS/ASIA NEWS NETWORK

TOKYO — A tiny park in the town of Nagaizumi in Shizuoka Prefecture has been officially recognized as the smallest park in the world by the Guinness World Records. A certificate ceremony was held in the town on Feb 25.

The park is 0.24 square meters, equivalent to 2 sheets of A3 paper, according to Guinness. The park was originally a small space that became not useful as a result of land readjustment work by the town. A small bench was later installed as a resting space for residents in 1988, but it had not been registered as a park.

Because the small space, which the town unofficially claimed “world’s smallest park”, drew attention on social media in recent years, the town decided to register it as a park and applied to Guinness World Records for formal recognition.

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It turned out the park was smaller than the world’s previous record holder, Mill Ends Park in Portland, Oregon, which is 0.29 square meters.