Hannah Wallace If you need an escape from urban landscapes, seek out Zen-like tranquility at the Japanese Garden within Washington Park. The 12-acre Portland Japanese Garden is made up of eight ...

As the sounds of taiko and fue — traditional Japanese drums and flute — began to fill the Miller Living Room gathering space at the Portland Japanese Garden on Sunday, a crowd squeezed in ...

Events are free unless noted. Please email calendar submissions at least three weeks in advance to [email protected]. ONGOING Metro Parks and Nature Spring 2025: Various times and locations ...

Volunteers planted 55 trees and 22 shrubs for the Japanese garden at Yunker Farm, a key step in a decade-old project by the Northern Plains Botanic Garden Society. Volunteers and NDSU students ...

If you've ever visited the Zilker Botanical Garden, you've likely been captivated by its cool, tranquil Taniguchi Japanese Garden. Designed and built by Isamu Taniguchi at age 70, it opened in 1969.

Observation gardens are built especially for this purpose, but can also fulfill other functions, such as providing aid for meditation. "Well-designed Japanese gardens have evocative and abstract ...

IT’S ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH AND MORIKAMI MUSEUM AND JAPANESE GARDENS IS CELEBRATING WITH VIBRANT EVENTS AND NEW EXHIBITS. SO HERE THIS MORNING ARE CARLA STANSIFER ...

Wander around downtown Portland now, and it's hard to see how this stretch of blocks just west of the Willamette River was ...

Learn more. The owners of Yosaku plan to open a Japanese restaurant in the former space of Elsmere BBQ in South Portland. Rattanak “Ram” Tray and his wife, Hope MacVane-Tray, have purchased ...

Divided into eight unique spaces, the Portland Japanese Garden's website notes it has been "a haven of serenity and tranquility" for over 50 years. The sand and stone garden, for example ...

In Portland, a dedicated group of hobbyists take ... These backyard train layouts, known as “garden railroads,” have become more than just a hobby; they are living landscapes that weave ...