There are no swings or slides. After all, it’s only the size of two sheets of A3 paper.
But there is a bench.
Welcome to the world’s smallest park, as declared by Guinness World Records.
It’s located in the town of Nagaizumi in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, and offers one passer-by a place to sit.
And a tiny patch of vegetation for local insects to luxuriate in.
The park, which covers just 0.24 sq m (2.3 sq ft), was created in 1988 after a staff member at Nagaizumi’s construction management division went on holiday to the USA.
While there, they visited Mills End Park in Portland, Oregon, which was the world’s smallest park at the time – measuring 0.29 sq m (3.1 sq ft).
‘They wanted to create an even smaller park,’ Shuji Koyama, a team leader at Nagaizumi’s construction management division, explained to Guinness World Records.
A Guinness World Records official pictured measuring a park in Nagaizumi, Japan, before declaring it the world’s smallest
Nagaizumi’s park measures just 0.24 sq m (2.3 sq ft) – but still has a bench
Mills End Park in Portland, Oregon (pictured), was the previous ‘world’s smallest park’, measuring 0.29 sq m (3.1 sq ft)
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Ever since Nagaizumi created its pocket-sized park, it has been calling it the world’s smallest.
Guinness World Records honoured it with the official title in February this year with the help of a professional surveyor who measured the space.
Shuji hopes that now more tourists will visit the area, which is a two-hour drive or 45-minute train journey from Tokyo.
He added: ‘We want to continue maintaining the park with the community, as well as creating a landscape that is more social media-friendly so that even more people will find attractions in our town.’
Japan isn’t just home to the world’s smallest park. The world’s shortest escalator – known as the Petit Calator – can also be found there.
Located in the Okadaya More shopping centre in the Kawasaki-Shi region, the pint-sized people mover measures just 83.4cm/2.8ft high, has only five steps, and provides a ride lasting a mere six seconds.
Japan is home to the world’s shortest escalator – known as the Petit Calator (pictured). It’s located in the Okadaya More shopping centre, in the Kawasaki-Shi region, measures just 83.4cm/2.8ft high, has only five steps, and provides a ride lasting a mere six seconds
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