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Japanese Park Covering Just 2 1/2 Square Feet Is Officially World's Smallest
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By Ben Hooper
Feb. 28 (UPI) -- A park in Nagaizumi, Japan, has been officially named the world’s small- est park, covering an area of just 2 1/2 square feet.
The park near Nagaizumi Town Hall, about an hour's drive from Tokyo, was creat- ed in 1988 after a worker at the con- struction manage- ment division of Nagaizumi Town returned from a trip to the United States.
The worker had encountered Mill Ends Park in Portland,
Ore., which previ- ously held the record at 3.1 square feet.
"So, they wanted to create an even smaller park," Shuji Koyama, a team leader at the construction man- agement division, told Guinness World Records.
The park was completed in 1988, but the city didn't bring in a Guinness World
Records adjudica- tor to officially measure it until December.
The Nagaizumi park has now been certified as the smallest in the world.
"We want to con- tinue 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 attrac- tions of our town," Koyama said.
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