Visitors to Korakuen Garden in Okayama, one of the nation's top three Japanese gardens, exceeded 800,000 for the first time in 15 years, thanks to a surge in tourism and events to lure young people.
Attendance hit 817,260 in fiscal 2015 ended in March. The last time it passed the 800,000 line was in fiscal 2000, on the 300th anniversary of its foundation.
Korakuen was created by Ikeda Tsunamasa, the feudal lord of the Okayama clan, about 300 years ago. It is widely known as one of Japan's three beautiful gardens, along with Kenrokuen in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, and Kairakuen in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture.