The group continued with a visit to the Stone Garden. "There's a lot of history, it's our oldest park in the city," said Peg VanNevel, District Governor of the Mishawaka Lions Club.

MISHAWAKA — The city is asking residents if it should transform Crawford Park into a nature ... which Blasko said would offer convenience to visitors to the park and Shiojiri Niwa Japanese garden.

Under the sign “A bridge to understanding,” a local craftsman built a footbridge to mimic the bridge at Shiojiri Niwa, the 1.3-acre Japanese garden next to Mishawaka’s Crawford Park.

Six youth delegates from Japan are in Mishawaka this week to tour the city and enjoy Halloween festivities. This is the 46th year that Mishawaka and the Japanese city of Shiojiri are sister cities ...