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 ...

Sunday’s festival was Briawna Maruyama’s first experience at the Japanese Garden, and a special way ... faith and cultural connections in Oregon. The Oregonian/OregonLive is solely responsible ...

In November, Steiner won election as Oregon state treasurer ... in a statement at her swearing-in ceremony at the Portland Japanese Garden. “I am a third-generation Japanese American whose ...

The Japanese Garden is located in the northern section ... offers service to the garden and connects to the MAX stations at Oregon Zoo and Providence Park. You can also take the Red or Blue ...

I have solitude, peace here,” says Stella Cruz, whose native plant garden was a gift from Pollinator Project Rogue Valley.

In recent years, as Old Town and Chinatown have borne the brunt of Portland’s overlapping crises of homelessness, drug abuse ...

This may sound like the start of a particularly silly joke, but it was a very real challenge faced by staff at a Japanese aquarium ... Spain and Oregon. They can grow staggeringly large, weighing ...

While construction has kept many from seeing much of the Oregon State Capitol since 2022, these park rangers continue caring for the grounds.

Washington Park, in the West Hills, is where some of Portland's most popular recreational sites are located, including the Oregon Zoo, the Portland Japanese Garden, the World Forestry Center and ...

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