including the Oregon Zoo, the Portland Japanese Garden, the World Forestry Center and the Hoyt Arboretum. The Portland Art Museum owns the city's largest art collection presenting a variety of ...

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 ... At the front of the room ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Cherry blossom season is well and truly upon us, so make a beeline for these destinations to see beautiful blossoms in the ...

Washington Park is home to such notable landscaping feats as the Portland Japanese Garden and the International ... dedicated to pivotal points in Oregon's history. There are also family-friendly ...

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.

Gardeners know the ecological benefits of a pollinator garden, but Stella Cruz ... a narrow path that winds through Cruz’s front yard, past Oregon sunshine, blue gilia and pink hairy honeysuckle.

On the snowshoeing front ... and forest behind the new beer garden. Nordic skis and snowshoes are available to rent on-site from the nonprofit organization Portland Gear Hub.