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.

Mainichi Shimbun one of Japan’s most widely read newspapers, recently covered Portland Japanese Garden’s history and its plans to educate a new generation of Japanese gardeners through Japan Institute and its International Japanese Garden Training Center.

Portland Japanese Garden was deeply honored to be the subject of longtime KGW-TV anchor Brenda Braxton’s final report for the network.

Toronto Sun writer Ian Shantz recently took an excursion through Oregon and made a stop to Portland Japanese Garden.

KOIN-TV, Portland’s CBS affiliate, sent meteorologist and journalist Josh Cozart to Portland Japanese Garden this week to capture the return of our fall colors.

Trips to Discover, a travel discovery platform that is guided and written by a diverse community of real travel experts, has named Portland Japanese Garden as one of the most underrated places for fall foliage in the U.S.

KOIN-TV, Portland’s CBS affiliate, recently published an article of the most photogenic fall locations in Portland and named Portland Japanese Garden as a place worth visiting.