Winter 2025 What makes a Japanese garden a Japanese garden? It’s a simple question that is difficult to answer—there is a breadth and depth in…| Pacific Horticulture
The Japanese Garden Training Center teaches the traditional skills and techniques for creating and fostering Japanese gardens.| Portland Japanese Garden
Learn more about the health benefits that are associated with forest bathing, the practice of being mindful in nature.| Portland Japanese Garden
Professor Takuma Tono of Tokyo Agricultural University was Portland Japanese Garden’s original designer. Retained by the organization in 1962, Professor Tono’s plan included four different garden styles (eventually five) laid out on 5.5 acres. This was quite a departure from gardens in Japan which typically follow one singular style. His intention was to represent different ...| Portland Japanese Garden
Curator Emeritus Sadafumi (Sada) Uchiyama is Curator Emeritus of Portland Japanese Garden. Before his retirement, Uchiyama served as Chief Curator from 2021 to 2023. Uchiyama had served as Garden Curator of Portland Japanese Garden from 2008 to 2021, during which time he helped to create and integrate the Cultural Crossing Expansion Project. Uchiyama also served ...| Portland Japanese Garden
Hugo Torii is the Garden Curator at Portland Japanese Garden, making him the 10th to take on this critical role since the Garden opened in 1967.| Portland Japanese Garden
An important Japanese aesthetic principle underlying the Sand and Stone dry landscape garden is yohaku-no-bi, meaning “the beauty of blank space."| Portland Japanese Garden
The Natural Garden was created to encourage visitors to rest and reflect on the essence and brevity of life..| Portland Japanese Garden
The Journal of the North American Japanese Garden Association featured an article by Will Lerner about Portland Japanese Garden's Natural Garden.| Portland Japanese Garden
Innovative programs, global collaborations, and experiential education for youth and adults are the hallmarks of Japan Institute.| Portland Japanese Garden
