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By Will Lerner The next time you walk down to Portland Japanese Garden’s Tea House, tucked in against the hill, opposite a pond and wooden bridge and bronze cranes, just know that this visit will never happen again. There will be a tomorrow, tomorrow and yesterday will always be yesterday and the Tea House will …
Why is Portland Japanese Garden’s Tea House so small and unassuming? What was the inspiration behind its makeup? The legends would tell you that it looks the way it looks because some leaves fell into the cup of the Chinese Flame Emperor more than 5,000 years ago.
Learn more about “Weaving Time: NUNO – Textiles of Tradition and Transformation,” on view in the Pavilion and Calvin and Mayho Tanabe Galleries through February 14, 2027.
In 2025, Portland Japanese Garden established its Sakura Society, a membership level that welcomes emerging leaders from the ages of 21 to 45 to become patrons of the organization. The Sakura Society offers a deeper connection to the Garden and its mission of Inspiring Harmony and Peace through tailored engagement opportunities with the Garden, art, …
Learn more about the impressions Portland Japanese Garden’s art exhibition featuring the textiles of Japanese design studio NUNO made on Oregon ArtsWatch.
Portland Japanese Garden is excited to share that its final new art exhibition of 2026 will be Weaving Time: NUNO – Textiles of Tradition and Transformation, running from October 3 through February 14, 2027. Weaving Time showcases the awe-inspiring artistry of NUNO, the iconic Japanese textile design studio.
Learn more about how the Garden is preparing for what experts are predicting will be one of the strongest El Niños in recent memory.
In September, Portland Japanese Garden was delighted to welcome back an old friend: Suminori Awata. A fifteenth-generation Japanese stone mason, Awata’s talents were tapped by the Garden in 2016 to construct its impressive Zagunis Castle Wall, an 18.5-foot tall and 185-feet long granite structure believed to be the first of its kind built outside of Japan.
From June 27 through September 14, 2026, Portland Japanese Garden featured Woven Light: Washi Sculptures by Yuri Kinoshita in its Calvin and Mayho Tanabe Gallery. Yuri Kinoshita, the artist whose work was exhibited sat down to discuss her background and the inspiration behind her contemplative and magical creations.