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In September, Portland Japanese Garden was delighted to welcome back an old friend: Suminori Awata. A fifteenth-generation Japanese stone mason, Awata’s talents were tapped by the Garden in 2016 to construct its impressive Zagunis Castle Wall, an 18.5-foot tall and 185-feet long granite structure believed to be the first of its kind built outside of Japan.
In a recent article in Country Living Magazine, Portland Japanese Garden was named among five U.S. gardens “worth planning a vacation around.”
In August, Portland Japanese Garden partnered with Business Oregon to celebrate 35 years of the sister-state relationship between Oregon and Toyama.
Portland Japanese Garden announced today the appointment of Hilary Blakemore as Chief Development Officer. In her role, Blakemore will lead major gifts fundraising and both build and sustain community engagement. Her first day at Portland Japanese Garden is July 13.
In May, a delegation from Portland Japanese Garden returned to the northern Japanese city of Hachinohe to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the return of torii gate beams at Itsukushima Shrine. As part of the ceremony, Yukito Sasamori, a student at Sanjo Junior High School and Honoka Nishimura, a student at Hachinohe Kodai Junior High …
Behind the Shoji is one of the best reasons to visit the Garden in summer! An annual show and sale of Japanese and Japanese-inspired wares, visitors can purchase from a variety of curated items that are difficult to come across short of an expert-led tour through Japan’s many independent crafts and arts shops. In 2026, we’re excited to be showcasing items that will bring the joyful and vibrant artistry of Okinawa design to your home.
Read about how Kay Kingsman, writer and journalist, recently visited Portland Japanese Garden and enjoyed its new woodblock print exhibition.
Portland Japanese Garden has now provided a place of beauty, time in nature, and cultural immersion for more than 60 years and it’s because of members like you. In an effort to make it even easier for our community to support a landscape and programming with an increasingly vital mission of Inspiring Harmony and Peace, we’re sharing two different ways you can ensure future generations can enjoy Portland Japanese Garden.
Learn more about Enduring Impressions: Contemporary Woodblock Prints, on display in the Pavilion Gallery this spring. The exhibition is the first collaboration between Portland Japanese Garden and the Honolulu Museum of Art, and celebrates iconic art of mokuhanga (木版画), the centuries-old process of Japanese-style woodblock printmaking.