Oregon State Representative Mari Watanabe was sworn into office at Portland’s Japanese Garden on Sunday – making history as the state’s first Japanese American woman to join the Oregon legislature.

Hannah Wallace If you need an escape from urban landscapes, seek out Zen-like tranquility at the Japanese ... Garden next door offers a free alternative. Full-Day Guided Oregon Coast Tour from ...

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 ...

The Portland Japanese Garden is touted as the most authentic Japanese garden outside of Japan. And its beauty and serenity ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Come out and celebrate the Japanese New Year ate the O-Shogatsu Festival happening this weekend at the Portland Japanese Garden. ARC PDX spoke with Mayuko Sasanuma, the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon State Representative Mari Watanabe was sworn into office at Portland’s Japanese Garden on Sunday – making history as the state’s first Japanese American ...

Mari Watanabe became the newest member of the Oregon ... Japanese American woman in the state Legislature,” Watanabe said in a statement at her swearing-in ceremony at the Portland Japanese Garden.