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  • Saturday's Summer Garden Hours

    10:00 am—4:00 pm

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    8:00 am—10:00 am

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    Portland, OR 97205
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    Demonstrations & Performances

    Cultural Demonstration: Tea Ceremony

    September 23, 2023

    Art Exhibitions Golden Crane Society

    Golden Crane Society Exhibition Reception for “Takahiro Iwasaki: Nature of Perception”

    September 23rd, 2023 / 5:30 - 8:00pm

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    Member Preview for Takahiro Iwasaki: Nature of Perception

    September 24th, 2023 / 9:00 - 10:00am

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    Demonstrations & Performances

    Cultural Demonstration: Bonsai

    September 24, 2023

    Art Exhibitions Japan Institute

    Takahiro Iwasaki: Nature of Perception

    September 24th, 2023 / December 4th, 2023

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    (SOLD OUT) O-Tsukimi, the Moonviewing Festival

    September 28th / 6:00-8:30pm

    Cultural Festivals Special Events

    (SOLD OUT) O-Tsukimi, the Moonviewing Festival

    September 29th / 6:00-8:30pm

    Cultural Festivals Special Events

    (SOLD OUT) O-Tsukimi, the Moonviewing Festival

    September 30th / 6:30-9:00pm

    Demonstrations & Performances

    Cultural Performance: Koto Harp

    October 04, 2023

    “I did a lap around the gardens then went back to my favourite spots again, I figured I’d only need an hour or so there but ended up spending two.”

    — Matt & Phoebe, LittleGreyBox.net

     

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    Did you know? Kashintei or "flower heart room" is the name of our Tea House. It is used for tea ceremonies held on the third Saturday of every month from April through October. The structure was made in Japan by master craftsmen in the traditional tongue and groove style, using wodden pegs rather than metal nails. On the floor of the tea house are straw mats called tatami. Most tea houses are 4.5 tatami mats in size. The tea house should be fully enclosed with only a small opening for guests to crawl into the room, but our tea house is open on two sides because we use it to demonstrate tea ceremony.

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    Every year at the time of the Harvest Moon and our Moonviewing Festival, Portland Japanese Garden’s gardeners create this special checkered pattern, called ichimatsu moyo (市松模様), with the white sand in the Flat Garden.

This ichimatsu pattern raking was inspired by the Katsura Imperial Villa in Kyoto, Japan, the design of which is globally considered as the apex of the traditional Japanese approach on the use of space and refined simplicity. One of the tea houses at Katsura Imperial Villa (Shokin-tei) is known for its blue and white checker-patterned alcove walls and sliding screens, a design fairly modern for its time. Some even consider this quintessential to Katsura.

This pattern will only be up through September, so make sure to visit soon! 

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    We feel so fortunate to have such humbling and inspiring roots in our Portland community, beginning in the 1960s. During these early years, Portland’s NBC affiliate, KGW-TV, captured Portland Japanese Garden’s construction and has shared the treasured footage from their archives with us. Thank you, KGW-TV, for sharing these priceless moments from the Garden’s past, so we may enjoy it together with hopes to build a better future.

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