Portland Japanese Garden is ranked #3 out of 23 things to do in Portland, OR. ... Recent visitors described the garden as tranquil, serene and beautiful with mind-blowing architecture.

The Portland Japanese Garden purchased the property in 2022 from the Salvation Army. Portland shopping center with shuttered ...

Visitors to the Portland Japanese Garden will never have the same, familiar experience again. The $33.5 million, 20-month-long expansion project is completed and everything from the Southwest ...

The Portland Japanese Garden will host an evening with Dr. Makoto Suzuki of Tokyo Agricultural University and Shiro Nakane of Nakane & Associates. From 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31, these two ...

Surrounded by majestic Douglas firs, Oregon’s Portland Japanese Garden (PJG) is a piece of Japan transplanted to the Pacific Northwest. As one would expect, the park’s five exquisite landscapes echo ...

While the traditional elements of Japanese gardens—stone, water, gravel, pruned pines, and asymmetry—are rooted in ...

The Portland Japanese Garden opened in 1967 with the goal of helping the United States and Japan continue rebuilding a relationship scarred by World War II. Now, the garden is growing again thanks ...

Work is nearly complete on a major expansion to an urban Japanese garden in Oregon – the first public commission in America for architect Kengo Kuma. The serene park – which encompasses nine ...

But the garden didn't build itself. Back in 1977, 24-year-old Michael Kondo took on the role of head gardener after graduating from Oregon State University with a degree in landscaping architecture.

The serene park – which encompasses nine acres (3.6 hectares) on a hill near downtown Portland – is considered one of the most authentic Japanese gardens outside of Japan.. The garden opened a ...