A former town official proposed the idea after being inspired by Mill Ends Park in Oregon, the previous record-holder. Read ...

NAGAIZUMI, Shizuoka (Kyodo) -- A "pocket park" in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka has been recognized by the ...

The Guinness World Records has recognized a "pocket park" in Japan as the world's smallest, the Tokyo-based Kyodo news agency ...

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Loved locally for years, a tiny patch of grass and a lone stool in Nagaizumi town has scooped the title of world's smallest ...

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