The 12-acre Portland Japanese Garden is made up of ... feel they are becoming a part of nature. The garden also features the Kashintei Tea House, where visitors can see demonstrations of a ...

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

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

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 ...

Portland has ranked among the top five places for business by Forbes for the past five years. Credit its strong growth prospects and a large share of highly-educated millenials. The city has been ...

(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 woman to join the ...

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 ...

Mari Watanabe became the newest member of the Oregon Legislature on Jan. 19—and also the state’s first-ever Japanese American lawmaker. At a joint meeting of the Multnomah and Washington ...

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 ...

Portland’s two days of snow may be slowly melting away, but fans of the Pacific Northwest can’t stop dreaming of cherry ...

As the oldest art museum in the Pacific Northwest, the Portland ... European masters, Japanese screen prints and contemporary American pieces. There is also a sculpture garden and an area devoted ...

As you explore the world of tea, you’ll find that Japanese glass tea sets offer a unique blend of elegance and functionality. While they differ from their Chinese counterparts in design and ...