Tatsugoro Matsumoto, the man who colored Mexico City purple – Atencion San Miguel | English Version
By Gabriela Solís Born in the Shinagawa region of Japan in 1864, Tatsugoro Matsumoto worked as a royal gardener in Tokyo before migrating to Mexico City, where he worked for presidents like Porfirio Díaz and became the landscaper of Mexico City’s Chapultepec Castle gardens. But he is best remembered in Mexico for bringing the purple […]