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Timed Entry Tickets

Wednesday - Monday, 10:00am - 5:30pm

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Member Hours

Wednesday - Monday, 8:00am - 10:00am

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O-Tsukimi, the Moonviewing Festival (sold out)

September 19 & 20, 6:30pm - 8:30pm

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Wednesday - Monday, 8:00am - 10:00am

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O-Tsukimi, the Moonviewing Festival (sold out)

September 19 & 20, 6:30pm - 8:30pm

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Fall Colors at the Garden

森林浴 | shinrin-yoku | “forest bathing”

A short, leisurely trip into a forest or natural space to experience the restorative effects of spending time in the stillness of nature.

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🪨 Ecological Stone Creek Bed

Hi everyone! It’s Kaori (Assistant to the Chief Curator) with my final post during my week-long takeover of this feed.

Water running down the hill is gathered into an ephemeral creek bed, full in winter and dry during summer.

Sadafumi Uchiyama, our Chief Curator, landscape architect, and fourth-generation Japanese gardener designed a green infrastructure system rooted in Japanese stone-setting tradition. The stone creek bed runs from the top of the hillside all the way down to the parking lot, channeling and filtering runoff down the hill while serving as a striking linear element visually connecting the upper and lower Garden areas. Water goes into a nearly 27,000 gallon holding tank under the parking lot and is slowly released into the city’s combined stormwater and sewer system.

I enjoyed sharing the Garden with everyone this week, until next time🌼 Kaori Kiyono, Assistant to the Chief Curator, Portland Japanese Garden

#portlandjapanesegarden #stonecreekbed #design #landscapedesign #greeninfrastructure #stormwatersystem #waterqualitysystem

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Naguri // 名栗

Hi, Kaori here (Assistant to the Chief Curator) to talk about our
special Naguri doors.

The chestnut doors of our Cultural Village buildings are dimpled with a wavy Naguri finish and catches the eye as a work of art. These curved Naguri "名栗”
door panels are hand-carved by traditional craftsmen of Sotoji Nakamura Komuten construction company in Kyoto.
The name Naguri comes from a traditional Japanese wood-shaving technique, which originated from the random artistic patterns local craftspeople would carve into the trunks of chestnut trees after removing the bark to repel bugs. Today, only a handful of such wood-carving specialists exist.

#portlandjapanesegarden #nakamurasotojikomuten #naguri #kyoto #japanesedesign #design #naguri #名栗加工 #中村外二工務店 #京都

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Eco Living Roof

Hello! I’m Kaori (Assistant to the Chief Curator) taking over this feed this week, here to share some fun facts about our eco living roof:

The tile of our eco living roof is an environmentally friendly product called “Greenbiz'' which was invented and produced by @komatsumatere, a fabric industry in Japan. Greenbiz is a recycled material made out of waste from dyeing factories. The raw materials are clay, local diatomaceous earth, cast iron slag, and excess biomass cake. By firing it at a high heat of over 1832°F, countless small holes are created in the substrate. It absorbs moisture and is resistant to frost, making it ideal to sustain a living roof. The plants grown in these living roof tiles are largely sedums. They help the building to recede into their towering arboreal context, fusing architecture and nature.

The second photo was taken in late October last year.

#portlandjapanesegarden #livingroof #sedum #ecoroof #greendesign

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Portland Japanese Garden

10:00 am—5:30 pm

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Visit Often

10:00 am—5:30 pm

Event

Timed Entry Tickets

Event

Member Hours

Event

O-Tsukimi, the Moonviewing Festival (sold out)

Event

Member Hours

Event

O-Tsukimi, the Moonviewing Festival (sold out)

Find more info

Fall Colors at the Garden

森林浴 | shinrin-yoku | “forest bathing”

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10:00 am—5:30 pm

$18.95