<p>This garden was built by the Japanese city of Otsu, a sister city of Interlaken since 1978, incorporating elements that reflect the Berner Oberland landscape.
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That also happens to be the time when Japanese tourists started flocking to Europe in droves, and flocking to Jungfrau in particular. Between the summer hiking season and the winter ski season (in other words, the time of my visit), Asian tourists (now Korean and Chinese as well) help sustain tourism in Interlaken.
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