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URL:https://japanesegarden.org/events/living-traditions-2026/
SUMMARY:Living Traditions 2026 | Visions of Water: Revitalizing Cities\, Landscapes\, and Community Life
DESCRIPTION:\nJapan Institute and Portland Japanese Garden are deeply grateful to our speakers and attendees for making this a special and illuminating afternoon. To watch the entire program please see the video below:\n\n\n\n\nhttps://youtu.be/mOivdfSF_C0\n\n\n\n\nEvent Info\n\n\n\nDate: Saturday\, January 31\, 2026Time: Door opens 2:30 pm\, Program 3:00 – 4:45 pm PSTVenue: World Forestry Center\, Cheatham Hall (4033 SW Canyon Rd. Portland\, OR 97221)Capacity: 150 seats\n\n\n\nJoin Japan Institute of Portland Japanese Garden at the World Forestry Center (4033 SW Canyon Rd. Portland\, OR 97221) in our shared home of Washington Park for the third in-person installment of Living Traditions\, a series of focused conversations and talks that explore some of the most iconic&nbsp\;facets&nbsp\;of Japanese culture.&nbsp\;\n\n\n\n“Visions of Water: Revitalizing Cities\, Landscapes\, and Community Life” will explore water as a bridge between heritage and innovation. Featuring historic examples such as Kyoto’s sophisticated networks of rivers\, canals\, and springs alongside contemporary architectural responses shaped by climate\, community\, and place\, this year’s program brings together an insightful panel discussion of global leaders in landscape design\, architecture\, and urban culture.&nbsp\;\n\n\n\nLiving Traditions\, 2025. Photo by Portland Japanese Garden\n\n\n\nThe luminary speakers&nbsp\;featured in the panel discussion include&nbsp\;Kathryn Gustafson (Founding Partner at Gustafson Porter + Bowman)\,&nbsp\;Shunsaku&nbsp\;Miyagi (Founding Partner at PLACEMEDIA Landscape Architects Collaborative&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;Visiting Professor&nbsp\;in&nbsp\;Landscape Architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design)\, and&nbsp\;Balázs Bognár&nbsp\;(Partner &amp\; Executive Vice President at Kengo Kuma &amp\; Associates).&nbsp\;Aki Nakanishi (Co-CEO &amp\; Arlene Schnitzer Curator of Culture\, Art\, and Education) will moderate this dialogue on how water can help cities and regions imagine a more harmonious future grounded in beauty\, ecology\, and cultural insight.&nbsp\;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram (All times PST)\n\n\n\n\n\n2:30 pm: Doors open3:00 - 4:45pm: Program\n\n\n\n\nOpening remarks by Aki Nakanishi Co-Chief Executive Officer &amp\; Arlene Schnitzer Curator of Culture\, Art\, and Education\, Portland Japanese Garden\n\n\n\nPanel Discussion (Moderated by Aki Nakanishi)\n\nPresentation by Balázs Bognár&nbsp\;\n\n\n\nPresentation by Shunsaku&nbsp\;Miyagi\n\n\n\nPresentation by Kathryn Gustafson\n\n\n\nPanel Discussion and Q&amp\;A\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5:00 - 6:30pm: ReceptionA networking reception immediately follows the forum. All forum attendees are invited.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Living Traditions\n\n\n\nMany of today’s most popular and newest trends are rooted in ancient Japanese traditions going back centuries\, if not millennia. Since its&nbsp\;inception&nbsp\;in 2020\, the Living Traditions series has been unraveling the historical journeys of some of the most iconic&nbsp\;facets&nbsp\;of Japanese culture through conversations between thought-provoking experts and cultural stewards. Previously only available virtually\, Living Traditions held its first in-person gathering in 2024. This third in-person installment continues the&nbsp\;endeavor’s&nbsp\;efforts to explore the ever-increasing significance of “Living in Harmony with Nature” at the intersection of architecture\, landscape architecture\, and art.  &nbsp\;\n\n\n\nLiving Traditions is presented by Japan Institute of Portland Japanese Garden in partnership with Japan Society (NY). The series is supported by the Government of Japan.  &nbsp\;\n\n\n\nThis in-person program will be recorded for later sharing.&nbsp\;Previous online program recordings are available for viewing.&nbsp\;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Speakers (in order of Appearance)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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CATEGORIES:Japan Institute,Lectures,Special Venue
LOCATION:World Forestry Center\, 4033 SW Canyon Rd\, Portland\, OR 97221\, Portland\, OR\, United States
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