A burbling stream and traditional Japanese tsukubai basin are among the elements featured in the Selangor Japan Friendship Garden in Section 14, Shah Alam. The Japanese-themed garden, which spans 2.42ha, has been welcoming visitors from near and far for about a month now. On a Friday evening, a few office workers were spotted sitting on a bench and watching koi fish swim under the water lilies. Friends Nor Fariza Mohamad Norzan, 27, and Farhana Taiban, 23, have made it a weekly ritual to take a walk in the garden, appreciate nature and just relax. Fariza, a government employee, said at the end of a work week, she just wanted to escape from the concrete jungle and enjoy the calming atmosphere. “It is nice to be able to remove our shoes, sit on a wooden platform by the edge of a lake and splash water with our feet. “It is fun and this is how we de-stress, ” she added. She said the architecture of the engetsukyou or moon bridge, a bridge with a semi-circle shape near the ... » Learn More about Japanese-themed garden a welcome oasis in Shah Alam