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Courtesy of Nagaizumi town The world’s smallest park
The Yomiuri Shimbun
12:22 JST, February 27, 2025
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 Tuesday.
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.
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.
