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The Japanese Park is a 2.34-hectare garden in the Al-Farabi district of Shymkent, created on the site of the former Ken Baba park and opened in June 2026. The design is a contemplative landscape built on the principles of harmony, stillness and changing moods, in which each part of the garden explores one motif of Japanese culture: sakura, bamboo, water, stone, the village, the tea tradition and the Zen garden. Caption Seven zones. Visitors move through a sequence of atmospheres, from bright and festive to quiet and meditative, and finally to water landscapes. The Sakura Garden brings together a sakura alley, a pink square and a "Red Thread" path of torii gates. The Forest of Shadows is a bamboo grove crossed by timber boardwalks with... More