The Pacific Sentinel, a monthly magazine led by the student body of Portland State University, sat down with Lisa Christy, who was appointed Executive Director of Portland Japanese Garden at the beginning of 2024.
KGW-TV, Portland’s NBC affiliate, sent photojournalist Chad DeHart to the Garden to cover our art exhibition, Vision of Place.
The Oregonian, sharing a study from nonprofit organization Earth.fm, reports that while Portland itself has been named as one of the noisier cities in the U.S., it has several peaceful areas where the din settles down, including Portland Japanese Garden.
The highly popular YouTube channel Japanese Garden TV recently visited Portland Japanese Garden and filmed the space in an often underappreciated time of year: late winter.
KOIN-TV, Portland’s CBS affiliate, welcomed Megumi Kato, Director of Marketing, and Carolyn Supinka, Assistant Director of Exhibitions, to their studios to appear on AM Extra and talk about the Garden’s newest art exhibition, Vision of Place.
House Beautiful, a publication that has featured home inspiration and design education since 1896 recently interviewed Hugo Torii, Garden Curator of Portland Japanese Garden about Zen gardens.
2023 was an exciting year for Portland Japanese Garden. As we celebrated our 60th anniversary with memorable art exhibitions, inspiring international programming, and the beauty and serenity of the Garden itself, we saw the organization covered over an impressive number of media outlets around the world. To close the year, we have selected our best coverage of 2023.
Gastro Obscura, a culinary-minded offshoot of Atlas Obscura, featured Gena Renaud of Yume Confections, one of the Portland-area culinary cultural partners that contributes food to Portland Japanese Garden’s Umami Café.
KOIN-TV, Portland’s CBS affiliate, recently wrote about Portland Japanese Garden’s plans for its Japan Institute campus near Forest Park. Journalist Jashayla Pettigrew notes Japan Institute “expands on the Garden’s pre-existing programming.”