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Aki Nakanishi, the Arlene Schnitzer Curator of Culture, Art, and Education for Portland Japanese Garden recently had an interview with The Japan Times, Japan’s oldest and largest English newspaper.
Fodor’s Travel recently praised Portland Japanese Garden for its autumn splendor.
Led by Japan Institute, Portland Japanese Garden’s global cultural initiative and sibling organization, public gardens around the world presented the collaborative installation: SPREAD PEACE: Wish Tree by Yoko Ono. The Wish Tree was shown simultaneously from June 7-10 at Portland Japanese Garden in its Cultural Village, Keihanna Commemorative Garden in Japan, Kokoro no Niwa in Chile, and Johannesburg Botanical Gardens in South Africa.
The Oregonian has shared with their readers the recent Travelers’ Choice Award Portland Japanese Garden was given by travel website Tripadvisor. Journalist Destiny Johnson notes, “Many Portlanders and tourists know the serene beauty of the Japanese Gardens and, according to Tripadvisor, were moved enough to leave good reviews for the space.”
Because there is so much to do in Washington Park to complement your visit to Portland Japanese Garden, it can be a little overwhelming trying to plan out a visit. To help out, we’ve put together an itinerary for you.
Read about how a group of textile workshop attendees gave their time to craft aprons for the horticultural support volunteers of Portland Japanese Garden.
Lear more about Tsuru Tuenge, who has been a member of Portland Japanese Garden since the late 1970s and has been a highly admired volunteer since 2017.
In May, Portland Japanese Garden welcomed Peter Putnicki, Senior Gardener of Seattle Japanese Garden, to become the latest professional to participate in its Professional Gardener Work Exchange Program. He sat down to chat about his week in Portland.
Guests arriving to Portland Japanese Garden this summer may notice a large lantern structure in the Atsuhiko and Ina Goodwin Tateuchi Foundation Courtyard of our Cultural Village. They are known as “Gion Festival Lanterns” and were first installed in this space back in 2018 when Portland Japanese Garden held an exhibition called “Gion Matsuri: The World’s Oldest Urban Festival.”