Hannah Wallace If you need an escape from urban landscapes, seek out Zen-like tranquility at the Japanese Garden within Washington Park. The 12-acre Portland Japanese Garden is made up of eight ...

Who doesn't love a Japanese garden? The peace, harmony and beauty of these spaces is appealing to so many of us. Whether ...

In downtown Portland, a Suzhou-style garden features hundreds of blooms and plants native to China, as well as traditional ...

The Garden Guy’ is a monthly column written by a WSU Certified Master Gardener that discusses various horticultural topics that local residents may find noteworthy or that are suggested […] ...

As the sounds of taiko and fue — traditional Japanese drums and flute — began to fill the Miller Living Room gathering space at the Portland Japanese Garden on Sunday, a crowd squeezed in ...

For the opening of her new store in Los Angeles, the florist Ren MacDonald-Balasia filled the space with food and flowers ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The “fast-casual” Japanese chain restaurant Pepper Lunch, which prides itself on feeding customers “in 20 minutes for under $20,” is opening two new locations in ...

Afuri, the Japanese ramen chain that chose Portland for its first international expansion in 2016, announced the permanent closure of its Old Town location Thursday, blaming the “lingering ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The Portland Trail Blazers had some special guests in the stands for their back-to-back games this weekend. Juri and Kyosuke Ushida, Blazers fans from Japan, were treated ...

Let me congratulate The Send (I’ve decided to get casual and just call it The Send) on healing the wound left by the closure of Foulmouthed Brewing in South Portland’s Knightville neighborhood.

Enjoy a peaceful escape with a visit to one of these stunning botanical gardens chosen by our featured panelists.

February rolls around, and while most of the garden is still in its winter slumber, it's a good opportunity to focus on Japanese maples. These trees capture the eye in any green space with their ...