Some of the nicest gardens in Tokyo are hidden behind hotels
As far back as the 14th century, the lush backyard of the contemporary Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo was called Tsubakiyama, or ...
Japan Today21d
Japan auctions emergency rice reserves as prices soar
The Japanese government began a rare auction on Monday of its emergency rice stockpiles in a bid to help drive down the surging price of the national staple ... waiting for the most opportune time to ...
The New York Times21d
Gabbard Begins Trip to Visit Japan, Thailand and India
Barnes Reporting from Washington Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence ... media post on Monday that she was traveling to Japan, Thailand and India and would visit France on ...
毎日新聞22d
0.24-square-meter green space in central Japan recognized as world's smallest park
The world's smallest park, 0.24 square meters in size, is seen in Nagaizumi, Shizuoka Prefecture, Feb. 25, 2025. (Mainichi/Hiroshi Ishikawa) NAGAIZUMI, Shizuoka -- A miniature green space here ...
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Italian president lays flowers at Hiroshima Peace Park
Italian President Sergio Mattarella visited Hiroshima on Saturday where he laid flowers at the cenotaph for the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing in Peace Memorial Park. It marked his first visit ...
Travel + Leisure25d
This Is the Smallest Park in the World—and It’s the Size of Just 4 Pieces of Paper
A new record was set for the world's smallest park. The park is in Japan, outside of Tokyo. The previous record holder was Mill Ends Park in Portland, Oregon. Verdant grass, stone carvings ...
CNN25d
The National Park Service set a visitation record in 2024. Here are the top sites
Boy did Americans and other visitors make good use of US National Park Service sites in 2024 — enough to set a record. The NPS has reached a new overall milestone, with almost 331.9 million ...
Mental Floss25d
Japan Is Now Home to the World’s Smallest Park
On the other end of the spectrum is the world’s largest park: the Northeast Greenland National Park. The gigantic destination is a whopping 972,000 kilometers (about 375,291 square miles ...
Outside25d
The 8 Best National Park Drives
Here are the eight best national park scenic roads. Trail Ridge Road carves a 48-mile path through the heart of Rocky Mountain National Park, connecting the gateway towns of Estes Park and Grand Lake.
Smithsonian Magazine25d
See the World’s Smallest Park, a Teeny-Tiny Enclave in Japan That’s About the Size of Four Sheets of Paper
But one park in Japan is so teeny-tiny that it recently set a new world record. Located in the town of Nagaizumi roughly an hour from Tokyo, the park measures just 372 square inches, or 2.6 ...
Boston.com25d
The vast majority of the Pentagon purge targets women and minorities, including notable milestones made in the military.
WASHINGTON (AP) — References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and the ... by pound” or a National Guard website image ...
Los Angeles Times26d
National park visits hit record high last year, agency reports as it endures deep cuts
As the Trump administration continues to slash the federal workforce, the National Park Service — which has lost nearly 10% of its staff to the sweeping cuts — just reported that 2024 set a ...