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From KGW-TV: Portland Japanese Garden Exploring Themes of Healing with Kintsugi Exhibit
KGW-TV visited to report on Portland Japanese Garden’s final new art exhibition of 2024, Kintsugi: The Restorative Art of Naoko Fukumaru.
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From The Travel: Portland Japanese Garden “Stands Out” in Fall
The Travel, a digital travel publication, recently published an article praising Portland Japanese Garden for its stunning autumn aesthetics.
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From Islands: Portland Japanese Garden is the Best Japanese Garden Outside of Japan
Islands, a magazine that has covered travel destinations for more than 40 years, recently featured Portland Japanese Garden.
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From Portland Monthly: Portland Japanese Garden Makes “Quintessential Portland Bucket List”
The staff of the magazine Portland Monthly has created their comprehensive list of “can’t-miss” activities and attractions and named Portland Japanese Garden among them.
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From House Beautiful: Portland Japanese Garden Among “35 Most Beautiful Places in the United States”
House Beautiful recently took a look around the United States to determine what they feel are the 35 most beautiful places in the nation. Editor Meghan Shouse, in explaining why Portland Japanese Garden was among them, writes “If you can’t actually make it to Japan, this is a beautiful way to experience aspects of the …
Press Releases
Portland Japanese Garden Presents Kintsugi: The Restorative Art of Naoko Fukumaru
Portland Japanese Garden is thrilled to present its final new art exhibition of the year with Kintsugi: The Restorative Art of Naoko Fukumaru in the attraction’s Pavilion and Calvin and Mayho Tanabe Galleries from September 28 through January 27, 2025.
Garden Updates
Repairs Begin on the Natural Garden
The Natural Garden, one of the five historic garden spaces at Portland Japanese Garden will have sections closed in September and October to address a water leak at Saka’s Pond, a body of water near its entry.
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High-Ranking Japanese Officials Who Have Affirmed the Authenticity of Portland Japanese Garden
Portland Japanese Garden’s reputation as “the most beautiful and authentic Japanese garden in the world outside of Japan” is one that has been burnished over the decades by the many dignitaries from Japan who have walked its grounds. To have earned this reputation is something the Garden cherishes and does not take for granted. Photo: © 1978 Randy Wood / The Oregonian. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
Garden Updates
Ambassador Shigeo Yamada and U.S. Securities Investor Protection Corporation Vice Chair Glen S. Fukushima Join International Advisory Board
Portland Japanese Garden and Japan Institute are honored to announce the appointment of two more globally admired figures to the IAB, both of whom have spent decades in service to others: His Excellency, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the United States of America, Shigeo Yamada and Vice Chair of the U.S. Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC), Glen S. Fukushima.