A visitor's guide to the Japanese garden in Hasselt, Belgium

The Japanese Garden of Hasselt is the largest one of its kind in Europe. This beautiful garden has a surface of 2,5 ha (2.500 m²) and is the result of the bounds of friendship between the cities Itami in Japan and Hasselt in Belgium etablished in 1985. Hasselt presented the city of Itami in Japan with a belfry carillon in 1991 and in return they helped with the construction of the Japanese Garden which reflects the Japanese landscape. This garden has been built according to a model of the 17th century Japanese tea gardens.

The Japanese Garden of Hasselt forms an extension of the Kapermolen Park and forms a 115 ha green area from the town center to the city border of Diepenbeek. A walk in the Japanese Garden gives visitors the impression of the Japanese culture and visitors feel they are in Japan instead of Belgium.

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