The Vollum Library currently holds over 2,000 publications relating to Japanese gardens and Japanese arts and culture.| Portland Japanese Garden
The Garden is a living “classroom” that offers tremendous opportunities for experiential learning to all who enter its gates.| Portland Japanese Garden
In honor of Father's Day, meet two Portland Japanese Garden cultural partners: Jeffrey and Andrew Robson, a father and son who present on bonsai & ikebana.| Portland Japanese Garden
Learn more about the Jubitz Oregon Terrace, an often-overlooked spot of beauty and repose at Portland Japanese Garden.| Portland Japanese Garden
Portland Japanese Garden welcomed Anne Hunter, gardener and curator for Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s three-acre Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden and Japanese Tree Peony Collection, to become the latest professional to participate in its guest gardener exchange program. The post Portland Japanese Garden Welcomes Anne Hunter From Brooklyn Botanic Garden as Part of Exchange Program appeared first on Portland Japanese Garden.| Portland Japanese Garden
David Komeiji is one of Portland Japanese Garden's Cultural Partners. He shares his expertise and talents to help people learn more about Japanese culture. The post We All Need Each Other: A Cultural Partner Spotlight on David Komeiji appeared first on Portland Japanese Garden.| Portland Japanese Garden
"Designing Nature: Elements of Harmony" features imagery from four of Japan’s finest public gardens: Kairakuen (偕楽園) in Ibaraki Prefecture, Kenroku-en (兼六園) in Ishikawa Prefecture, Kōraku-en (後楽園) in Okayama Prefecture, and Ritsurin Garden (栗林公園) in Kagawa Prefecture. The post Japanese Prefecture Governors Congratulate Portland Japanese Garden and Japan Institute on New Exhibition appeared first on Portland Japanese Garden.| Portland Japanese Garden
In March, Portland Japanese Garden established its Sakura Society, a membership level that welcomes emerging leaders from the ages of 21 to 45 to become patrons of the organization. The Sakura Society offers a deeper connection to the Garden and its mission of Inspiring Harmony and Peace through tailored engagement opportunities with the Garden, art, and ... The post Being the Change: Emerging Leaders in Sakura Society Seek to Uplift Portland Through the Garden appeared first on Portland Jap...| Portland Japanese Garden
Portland Japanese Garden is excited to present Designing Nature: Elements of Harmony, an art exhibition that celebrates the beauty, history, artistry and inspiration behind Japanese gardens themselves. The post New Art Exhibition Explores the Inspiration Behind Japanese Gardens appeared first on Portland Japanese Garden.| Portland Japanese Garden
The Board President of Portland Japanese Garden explains why he hopes that people will support the organization as we approach the end of 2025. The post A Letter From Board President Paul Schommer appeared first on Portland Japanese Garden.| Portland Japanese Garden
Amy Carlson Gustafson, a journalist with the Minnesota Star Tribune, recently paid a visit to Portland, Oregon. In her article, which praises the quirkiness, natural beauty, and friendliness of our city, she writes "Exploring the rock gardens, quaint paths, lush green foliage, rustic tea garden and bonsai trees helped me quickly shed travel stress." The post “Minnesota Star Tribune”: Portland Japanese Garden Helps “Shed Travel Stress” appeared first on Portland Japanese Garden.| Portland Japanese Garden
By Will Lerner, Communications Manager for Portland Japanese Garden & Japan Institute Portland Japanese Garden has been and always will be a community effort. Founded by civic leaders in government, business, and cultural organizations in 1963, it has been a place of nature, beauty, and cultural understanding for more than 60 years. And while it ... The post Garden Profile: Michiko Kornhauser, Former Trustee on Surviving World War II and Bringing Cultural Diplomacy to Portland appeared first ...| Portland Japanese Garden
Portland Monthly recently recommended Portland Japanese Garden as a top place in the area to see fall colors.| Portland Japanese Garden
Visit Portland Japanese Garden, proclaimed to be the most beautiful and authentic Japanese garden outside of Japan and one of Oregon's most beloved spaces.| Portland Japanese Garden
Our Phoenix Legacy Society recognizes those who have offered sustained giving to the garden through planned giving and estate plans. Learn more and find a template memorandum of understanding (MOU) here.| Portland Japanese Garden
My Modern Met recently featured Portland Japanese Garden, calling it a "true gem" and "a place where visitors can immerse themselves in Japanese culture..."| Portland Japanese Garden
Tanabata, the Star Festival, is one of five seasonal festivals that has been celebrated in Japan since the eighth century. Each summer in Japan, people prepare for the festival by writing their wishes on narrow strips of paper called tanzaku and hanging them with other origami paper ornaments on bamboo branches displayed at the entrance to their ...| Portland Japanese Garden
Kodomo no Hi, also called Children’s Day, is commemorated each year in Japan on May 5th to celebrate the growth and good fortune of children. Portland Japanese Garden’s celebration of the festival will feature a range of family-friendly activities.| Portland Japanese Garden
Because of the careful and diligent maintenance of its grounds by generations of gardeners, facilities technicians, volunteers, and more, Portland Japanese Garden appears as though it has been perched atop the West Hills for as long as Washington Park has existed. It may be surprising to know that the site it sits on today was once the old location of the Portland Zoo, now known as the Oregon Zoo.| Portland Japanese Garden
The Japanese have long praised koi (carp) as “the king of river fish.” In Japanese, koi is a homonym for another word that means "affection" or "love"; koi are therefore symbols of love and friendship in Japan.| Portland Japanese Garden
Garden Updates Culture, Art, & Education| Portland Japanese Garden
The largest garden, the Strolling Pond Garden consists of Upper and Lower Ponds connected by a flowing stream and features the iconic Moon Bridge.| Portland Japanese Garden
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Watch local Portland station KPTV's coverage of Portland Japanese Garden's annual summer marketplace, Behind the Shoji.| Portland Japanese Garden
Read about the history of bonsai, its place at Portland Japanese Garden and some ways you can learn more about taking care of these tiny trees yourself!| Portland Japanese Garden
Learn why Jacquie Siewert-Schade and W. Curtis Schade decided to support Portland Japanese Garden and its mission through the Phoenix Legacy Society.| Portland Japanese Garden
Note: This letter first appeared in the summer 2025 issue of The Garden Path, the quarterly member magazine of Portland Japanese Garden. Members of the Garden are mailed copies. Information on how to become a member can be found here. Dear Members, Summer is here! A season for reconnecting with friends, reuniting with family, or lingering a ...| Portland Japanese Garden
Lisa Christy serves as Executive Director of Portland Japanese Garden.| Portland Japanese Garden
Read about the best places to get a meal, snack, or beverage in Northwest Portland, a charming part of the city right next to Portland Japanese Garden.| Portland Japanese Garden
Read about how House Beautiful named Portland Japanese Garden as one of the top ten botanical gardens in the U.S. to plan a road trip around.| Portland Japanese Garden
Learn more about Behind the Shoji (6/21-9/1). Taking place in Portland Japanese Garden’s Pavilion Gallery, this marketplace is a beloved summer tradition.| Portland Japanese Garden
PDX Parent recently published a story sharing how visiting Portland Japanese Garden with your kids can be a fun and engaging family activity.| Portland Japanese Garden
Learn about a forum that Portland Japanese Garden and Japan Institute held at The University of Tokyo in Japan.| 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
In honor of koi, we here take a look them here in Portland Japanese Garden, their cultural significance in Japan, and answer questions about them.| Portland Japanese Garden
Catch up on some of the maintenance that has been going on at Portland Japanese Garden this spring.| Portland Japanese Garden
A Japanese tea garden is a place for quiet reflection on the beauty of nature and the art of living in harmony.| Portland Japanese Garden
Come join us for the Garden’s O-Shogatsu celebration! O-Shogatsu is a time of celebration for the start of a new year and hopes of happiness and prosperity to come. At Portland Japanese Garden, we are celebrating Japan’s most important holiday throughout the beginning of January with special events, demonstrations, and performances all culminating in the ...| Portland Japanese Garden
Experience the beauty of every season by becoming a member.| Portland Japanese Garden
Portland Japanese Garden is introducing the Sakura Society for emerging leaders in our community. The Sakura Society is a dynamic group of Portland Japanese Garden members ages 21-45 brought together by their passion for Japanese gardens, culture, and art. These members are a leading voice for cultural understanding, in pursuit of a more peaceful, sustainable world.| Portland Japanese Garden
Learn about tips for parents on how to enjoy a visit to Portland Japanese Garden with kids.| 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 Cultural Village provides a place where visitors can immerse themselves in traditional Japanese arts through seasonal activities, performances, and demonstrations in the Tateuchi Courtyard.| Portland Japanese Garden
Portland Japanese Garden was still nonetheless among the many local organizations and attractions that was impacted by the January 2024 ice storm.| Portland Japanese Garden
In this article originally published in Pacific Horticulture, we look at the characteristics that make Japanese gardens distinct from other styles.| Portland Japanese Garden
Portland Japanese Garden is excited to present its first new art exhibition of 2025 with Earthen Elegance: The Ceramic Art of Bizen, open from 2/8-6/9.| Portland Japanese Garden
Representative Mari Watanabe, Portland Japanese Garden Trustee, discusses making history by becoming Oregon's first Japanese American legislator.| Portland Japanese Garden
On Sunday, January 19, Mari Watanabe was sworn in to fill a vacant seat for Oregon House District 34 at Portland Japanese Garden.| Portland Japanese Garden
A letter from Lisa Christy, Executive Director of Portland Japanese Garden from the Winter 2025 issue of The Garden Path.| Portland Japanese Garden
Since the 1970s, Portland Japanese Garden has brought together the community to celebrate traditional cultural festivals. Mark your calendars now!| Portland Japanese Garden
Portland Japanese Garden is excited to introduce the Sakura Society, which welcomes emerging leaders to become patrons of the organization.| Portland Japanese Garden
In 2025, our exhibitions highlight a diverse range of cultural traditions and artforms, including a selection of ceramics and the art inherent in Japanese gardens.| Portland Japanese Garden
Read about the work Hugo Torii, Garden Curator, and his team of gardeners did to repair a water feature in Portland Japanese Garden.| Portland Japanese Garden
Visitors to Portland Japanese Garden this winter will see additions to its grounds that haven’t been present since the 1980s: yukizuri.| Portland Japanese Garden
Here we present original writing crafted by Portland Japanese Garden in 2024, all imbued with the spirit our mission of Inspiring Harmony and Peace.| Portland Japanese Garden
2024 was a year filled with many exciting experiences and moments for Portland Japanese Garden.| Portland Japanese Garden
2024 saw several stories from the media that demonstrated the incredible landscape, programming, and people that bring Portland Japanese Garden to life.| Portland Japanese Garden
Learn more about the Japanese aesthetic of wabi sabi through the most beautiful and authentic Japanese garden outside of Japan.| Portland Japanese Garden
Japan Institute is the global cultural initiative of Portland Japanese Garden, created to facilitate and inspire conversations about peace, art, and the human relationship with the natural world. Peace Symposium – Cape Town 2023: Peacemaking at the Intersection of Culture, Art, and Nature will be held on Thursday, November 30th. This is a free, public symposium ...| Portland Japanese Garden
Explore how art fosters reconciliation and social integration, through a panel discussion featuring insights from three global visionary leaders—Maria Elisa Pinto-Garcia (Colombia), Lungi Morrison (South Africa), and Toc Soneoulay-Gillespie (Laos and Oregon). Through a close look at practical applications of the Japanese craft of repairing ceramics with gold, kintsugi (金継ぎ), and the Heart Maps methodology of using dialogue and drawings to positively shift perspectives and stereotypes,...| Portland Japanese Garden
× On Sale Dates Golden Crane: 9/12 Members: 9/19 Non-Members: 9/26 Sign up for our newsletter to get notified for when tickets go on sale! × Sign up for our newsletter to get notified when registration goes live! Indigenous Knowledge Expert and Granddaughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Lungi Morrison to Present In this thought-provoking lecture ...| Portland Japanese Garden
Lungi Morrison, granddaughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Indigenous knowledge scholar discusses her partnership with Portland Japanese Garden.| Portland Japanese Garden
Portland Japanese Garden is thrilled to feature Kintsugi: The Restorative Art of Naoko Fukumaru in our Pavilion and Calvin and Mayho Tanabe Galleries this fall. Kintsugi is an ancient method of mending damaged ceramics using urushi (natural lacquer) dusted with powdered gold. This type of mending highlights the beauty of imperfections, rather than trying to hide them. This timely exhibition will explore universally resonant themes of healing through the artwork of kintsugi artist and master c...| 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
Learn more about Steve Bloom, who led Portland Japanese Garden as its CEO from 2005 to 2024.| Portland Japanese Garden
Portland Japanese Garden debuted its final art exhibition of 2024, Kintsugi: The Restorative Art of Naoko Fukumaru. Learn more about Fukumaru and her work.| Portland Japanese Garden
Stephen D. Bloom has been CEO of Portland Japanese Garden since 2005 and guided the establishment of Japan Institute in 2022, of which he is also CEO.| Portland Japanese Garden
Japan Institute is the global cultural initiative of Portland Japanese Garden, created to facilitate and inspire conversations about peace, art, and the human relationship with the natural world. Peace Symposium – Johannesburg 2023: Peacemaking at the Intersection of Culture, Art, and Nature will be held on Monday, December 4th. This is a free, public symposium exploring the ...| Portland Japanese Garden
Innovative programs, global collaborations, and experiential education for youth and adults are the hallmarks of Japan Institute.| Portland Japanese Garden
The next Peace Symposium will be held on September 21st, on the United Nation’s International Day of Peace, in New York City. These symposia are our signature program coming out of Japan Institute and is part of our Peace Programs series – special events and experiences created to inspire conversations about peace through the lens of cultural diplomacy.| Portland Japanese Garden