The Spring 2017 issue of the Bilingual Newsletter includes an overview of the 2017 Art in the Garden exhibitions, a preview of the exciting unveiling of the Cultural Crossing expansion, and features the January 2017 International Advisory Board meeting that took place at the Nezu Art Museum in Tokyo, Japan.

The Fall 2016 issue of the Bilingual Newsletter introduces the International Institute for Japanese Garden Arts and Culture, features the International Advisory Board visit to the Cultural Village on July 20, 2016, and shares an inside look at the Umami Café by Ajinomoto.

In December 2015, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it was awarding special Foreign Minister’s Commendations in Honor of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. The award was given to individuals and groups with outstanding achievements in the promotion of friendship between Japan and the United States. Stephen Bloom, …

The Summer 2016 issue of the Bilingual Newsletter features the final chapter of the incredible Kasagi return project, the Foreign Minister’s commendation to Portland Japanese Garden CEO Steve Bloom, and the importance of green building practices for the Cultural Crossing expansion.

The Winter 2016 issue of the Bilingual Newsletter features a recap the many significant events that occured in 2015, an update on the Cultural Crossing expansion, and a preview of the Art in the Garden exhibition, Tsunagu: Connection to the Architecture of Kengo Kuma.

The Summer 2015 issue of the Bilingual Newsletter features an interview, reprinted from the International House of Japan’s quarterly magazine, with Garden Curator Sadafumi Uchiyama who discusses the universality of Japanese garden philosophy and gives an update on an exciting effort to return two very special items displaced by 2011’s tsunami.

The Spring 2015 issue of the Bilingual Newsletter highlights the 2014 summit at the Garden, which welcomed nearly 30 of the most important Japanese Garden scholars and practitioners from North America and Japan to discuss how we could collectively share our knowledge to build a foundation for future education in the Japanese Garden arts; the Global …

The Fall 2014 issue of the Bilingual Newsletter highlights the special Mikagura performance on July 19, 2014 and CEO Steve Bloom’s visit to one of Kyoto’s most respected Japanese garden landscape companies, Ueya Kato Zoen Co., Ltd.

The Summer 2014 issue of the Bilingual Newsletter features the 90th Anniversary celebration for the Landscape Architecture Department of Tokyo University of Agriculture (Tokyo Nodai) and the Tokyo Nodai’s Zoen Taisho award given to Kinya Hira, who was the Garden’s first Director; the creation of the International Institute for the Japanese Garden Arts and Culture; the performance …