National Geographic has published an article on how public gardens are introducing mindfulness to their guests and included Portland Japanese Garden among those leading the way. Writer Beverly Hurley spoke with Garden volunteer Cecily Hunt who has been leading mindfulness tours that borrow many of the same concepts found in the practice of shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing.

The Garden was delighted to welcome Good Morning Washington, a daily news program based out D.C. Travel correspondent Kidd O’Shea spoke with Marcus Hibdon, Vice President of Communications for Travel Portland. In his praise for Portland Japanese Garden, Hibdon mentioned he believes our Gift Shop is the best “that you will find in any museum or garden.” To watch the entire segment, click the link below.

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.