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Portland Japanese Garden presents “Ukiyo-e to Shin Hanga: Changing Tastes in Japanese Woodblock Prints”

PORTLAND, Ore. — November 15, 2021 — Portland Japanese Garden presents its final art exhibition of the year, “Ukiyo-e to Shin Hanga: Changing Tastes in Japanese Woodblock Prints,” opening Saturday, November 20. The exhibition features two masters that created exquisitely rendered pieces toward the end of the Japanese woodblock print’s popularity in the 19th century …

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Portland Japanese Garden is Re-Opening on Friday, 12/4

PORTLAND, Ore. – December 2, 2020 – With the Governor’s new orders, Portland Japanese Garden will re-open Friday, December 4. Like so many local businesses, the organization was temporarily closed due to the mandated statewide “freeze” to help limit the spread of COVID-19. For many Portlanders, the Garden’s closure was disappointing. “Taking a moment to self-nurture …

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Healing Nature: Photography by Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, and Toyo Miyatake Explores the Power of Gardens

(PORTLAND, Ore) October 30, 2020 – Portland Japanese Garden presents art exhibition, “Healing Nature: Gardens and Art of Manzanar” opening Saturday, October 31. The exhibition examines the gardens and art at Manzanar Relocation Center through the lens of three leading twentieth-century photographers to reveal the resilience, perseverance, and resourcefulness of Japanese American internees during World …

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Experience Quintessential Autumn at Portland Japanese Garden

(PORTLAND, Ore) October 9, 2020 – Portland Japanese Garden has been proclaimed the most beautiful and authentic Japanese garden outside of Japan. The urban oasis is most commonly known for its serenity-inducing shades of green. But autumn is a special time of year when the Garden is transformed into a stunning display of color.  Portland Japanese Garden is frequently listed as a top place for …

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Portland Japanese Garden Reopens Providing Peace, Healing

(Portland, Ore.) – Portland Japanese Garden will reopen to the public June 11, the first of the cultural organizations in Portland to do so. According to Garden leaders, reopening could not come at a more important time.   Founded shortly after the end of World War II, the organization is dedicated to ideals of peace and …

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Moon Bridge Membership Connects Community

Portland Japanese Garden – a nonprofit cultural organization located in Portland’s Washington Park for more than 50 years – is introducing an access membership to welcome more members in 2020.   In keeping with the organization’s mission to bring the ideals of Portland Japanese Garden to the world: art of craft, connection to nature, and experience …

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Building Bridges in an Age of Walls

For Immediate Release: A Japanese Garden in Portland, Oregon Paves a Path to Peace Portland, Oregon: The world today is challenging peaceful coexistence, with each other and with the natural world. An organization in Portland, Oregon believes it can help. Portland Japanese Garden is proclaiming 2020 the Year of Peace by way of Nagasaki and …

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Elevating Tradition

For Immediate Release: Japan’s Culture in the Contemporary World The Fine Artist behind Lady Gaga’s Heel-less Shoes (Portland, Ore.) Portland Japanese Garden, with its newly debuted Cultural Crossing expansion – designed by world renowned architect Kengo Kuma – is bringing yet another distinguished name to Portland for his first-ever solo exhibition in the United States. …