Unlike traditional private gardens such as the Lin Family Garden in Banqiao or the Wu Family Garden in Tainan, the Japanese introduced Western concepts of "public space" into their park design, creating the first public park in all Taiwan.
有別於台灣傳統私人興建的庭園（如板橋林家花園或台南的吳園），這是日本引進西方的「公共空間」概念，在全台灣所建造的第一座「公園」。