KITA-NAKAGUSUKU, Okinawa Prefecture--A park created from a residential area at a U.S. military base here has opened to the public ahead of its handover to Japan. The Lower Plaza Housing Area at ...

according to the park department. Seven 60-year-old Japanese black pines cultivated by Kurisu and his family are planted in the plaza. Tatsuyama stone, used as a building material in Japan for ...

It turned out the park was smaller than the world’s previous record holder, Mill Ends Park in Portland, Oregon, which is 0.29sq m. - The Japan News/ANN ...