Masayoshi Ohira was Prime Minister of Japan between 1978 and his death in 1980. Much like Tomáš Masaryk, the founder of former Czechoslovakia, it might not make much sense why these non-Mexican political figures have features named after them in the country’s capital. While Avenida Presidente Masaryk is “Mexico City’s most expensive street,” the Masayoshi Ohira Park on the other hand is a small space of greenery in the south of the city. While Masaryk might have never set foot in Mexico, Ohira did become the first Japanese Prime Minister…
