Join us for a bonsai presentation by Andrew Robson at the Cathy Rudd Cultural Corner in the Jordan Schnitzer Japanese Arts Learning Center. Bonsai, literal [...]

Save the date! Members of the Sakura Society and Golden Crane Recognition Society are invited to a special evening on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, from [...]

Guests at the Moonviewing Festival enjoy beautiful music from accomplished Koto Harpist, Mitsuki Dazai, while in the Jane Stimson Miller Living Room. Enjoy a free [...]

The top tier of a hina doll display features the Emperor and the Empress while the following tiers hold their imperial attendants. Photo by Jonathan [...]

Portland Japanese Garden is partnering with textile artisan Judilee Fitzhugh to offer a series of four immersive textile workshops. In each session, participants will relax and enjoy [...]

Portland Japanese Garden is partnering with textile artisan Judilee Fitzhugh to offer a series of four immersive textile workshops. In each session, participants will relax [...]

Please mark your calendars for March 6, from 10:00 AM to Noon. We’ll be hosting our special Golden Crane opening reception for our first new art exhibition of the year, Enduring [...]

This March, step into a world where nature-themed prints meet Portland Japanese Garden’s springtime vibrance in Enduring Impressions: Contemporary Woodblock Prints. Featuring the art of mokuhanga (木版画), Japanese-style woodblock printmaking, this exhibition reveals how a centuries-old tradition is experiencing a contemporary revival as artists around the world use the quiet power and unique characteristics of woodblock printmaking to create captivating works of art.  Mokuhanga has [...]

Join Portland Japanese Garden in celebrating the opening of Enduring Impressions: Contemporary Woodblock Prints. Featuring the art of mokuhanga (木版画), Japanese-style woodblock printmaking, this exhibition reveals how a centuries-old tradition is experiencing a contemporary revival as artists around the world use the quiet power and unique characteristics of woodblock printmaking to create captivating works [...]

Photo by Peter Friedman Join one of our volunteer guides on a free Garden tour for members and their guests only, during member hours. Our [...]

Portland Japanese Garden members touring the Sand and Stone Garden. Photo by Peter Friedman. This intimate tour focuses not on meditation, but instead on learning [...]

A quilt made by Karen Miller featuring examples of family crests (kamon) dyed with natural pigments For 500 years, Japanese kimono and textiles have been produced [...]

Join us for a free musical performance featuring shinobue flute, Tsugaru shamisen and a piano performance by Maido Mind. This cultural performance will be held from [...]

Tea Ceremony Demonstration at the Cathy Rudd Cultural Corner Portland Japanese Garden will offer free public demonstrations of Chadō, the Way of Tea, at the [...]

Photo Courtesy of Oregon Koto Kai Enjoy a free koto performance by Oregon Koto-Kai at 1:15pm at the Cathy Rudd Cultural Corner in the Jordan [...]

Ikebana Arrangement by Miwa Satoh with the Ohara School of Ikebana Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging, has been translated as “living flowers” or [...]

Portland Japanese Garden members touring the Sand and Stone Garden. Photo by Peter Friedman. This intimate tour focuses not on meditation, but instead on learning [...]

Tea Ceremony Demonstration at the Cathy Rudd Cultural Corner Portland Japanese Garden will offer free public demonstrations of Chadō, the Way of Tea, at the [...]

Photographer-level Members and their guests are exclusively invited to capture Portland Japanese Garden’s beauty during twilight hours. These exclusive sessions offer a rare opportunity to [...]

Join woodblock artist and expert printmaker, April Vollmer, and Stephen Salel, Curator of Japanese Art at the Honolulu Museum of Art to take a closer [...]

The art of mokuhanga, Japanese woodblock printing, is rooted in the natural world. Enduring Impressions exhibiting artist and expert printmaker April Vollmer (author of Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop, Watson-Guptill, 2015) invites audience [...]

Masumi Timson, October 2023. Enjoy a free koto and violin performance by Masumi Timson and Fumino Ando at 1:15pm at the Cathy Rudd Cultural Corner in [...]

The art of mokuhanga, Japanese woodblock printing, has captivated audiences around the world and across centuries. Join Stephen Salel, Curator of Japanese Art at the Honolulu Museum [...]

Portland Japanese Garden is partnering with textile artisan Judilee Fitzhugh to offer a series of four immersive textile workshops. In each session, participants will relax and enjoy [...]

As the sun begins to set and the daily crowds depart, we invite our members and their guests to experience the Garden in one of its most tranquil states. During these [...]

Tea Ceremony Demonstration at the Cathy Rudd Cultural Corner Portland Japanese Garden will offer free public demonstrations of Chadō, the Way of Tea, at the [...]

Photo by Peter Friedman Join one of our volunteer guides on a free Garden tour for members and their guests only, during member hours. Our [...]

Tea Ceremony Demonstration at the Cathy Rudd Cultural Corner Portland Japanese Garden will offer free public demonstrations of Chadō, the Way of Tea, at the [...]