Portland Japanese Garden
All the Photos
The Portland Japanese Garden is a local treasure that deserves a gallery of its own. I became a member shortly after moving here, and visit often. It is a place of peace and beauty in every season and weather.
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Japanese Garden, October 19, 2020
Japanese Garden, October 19, 2020
Japanese Garden, October 19, 2020
Japanese Garden, October 19, 2020
Japanese Garden, October 19, 2020
500 year old Bonsai, Japanese Garden, Fall 2020
japanese Garden, Fall 2020
Japanese Garden, October 29, 2020
Bonsai Maple in the afternoon sun, Japanese Garden, October 29, .2020
Japanese Garden, October 29, 2020
Japanese Garden, October 29, 2020
Japanese Garden, October 29, 2020
Japanese Garden, October 29, 2020
Japanese Garden, October 29, 2020
Japanese Garden, October 29, 2020
Japanese Garden, October 29, 2020
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2021
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2021
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2021
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2021
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2021
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2021
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2021
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2021
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2021
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2021
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2021
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2021
Portland Japanese Garden, Summer 2021
Portland Japanese Garden, Summer 2021
Bonsai, Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2021
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2021
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2021
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2021
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2021
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2021
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2021
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2021
Mt. Hood from the Japanese Garden, Fall Colors 2021
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring, 2022
Netsuke, Japanese Garden, Spring 2022
Netsuke, Japanese Garden, Spring 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2022
At the top of the path leading into the garden, there is a stairway with glass sides. Adjacent is a decorative bamboo lattice. The pairing catches my eye every time, and I have dozens of attempts to capture what interests me about it in a photo. This is as close as I’ve come. So far.
Bonsai, Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2022
Bonsai, Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2022
Bonsai, Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2022
Bonsai, Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2022
At the top of the path leading into the garden, there is a stairway with glass sides. Adjacent is a decorative bamboo lattice. The pairing catches my eye every time, and I have dozens of attempts to capture what interests me about it in a photo. This is as close as I’ve come. So far.
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2022
The Moon Bridge
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2022
The site of the garden was previously the original location of the Portland Zoo, and this showcase waterfall was the bear habitat. In their honor, the garden designer placed darker stones in the walkway in the shape of Ursa Major. Nice touch; but the waterfall is a better photo.
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2022
Bonsai, Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2022
I am amazed every time I see this Juniper and think of the generations of care that brought it to this moment.
Bonsai, Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2022
Bonsai, Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2022
The Sand and Stone Garden.
Japanese Garden, Fall 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2022
Bonsai, Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors 2022
Bonsai, Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors 2022
Bonsai, Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors 2022
Bonsai, Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors 2022
Koi, Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors 2022
Garden membership allows access before the general public, while staff are still at work tending the grounds. They mostly use traditional tools to minimize the impact.
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall Colors, 2022
Japanese Garden, Spring 2023
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2021
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2021
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2021
Japanese Garden, Spring 2023
Rui Sasaki exhibition, Japanese Garden, Spring 2023
By Rui Sasaki
By Rui Sasaki
By Rui Sasaki
Rui Sasaki exhibition, Japanese Garden, Spring 2023
By Rui Sasaki
Rui Sasaki exhibition, Japanese Garden, Spring 2023
Japanese Garden, Spring 2023
Japanese Garden, Spring 2023
Japanese Garden, Spring 2023
Japanese Garden, Spring 2023
Japanese Garden, Summer, 2023
Japanese Garden, Summer, 2023
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2023
Japanese Garden, 10/20/23
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2023
Japanese Garden, 10/20/23
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2023
Japanese Garden, 10/20/23
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2023
Japanese Garden, 10/20/23
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2023
Japanese Garden, 10/20/23
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2023
Japanese Garden, 10/20/23
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2023
Japanese Garden, 10/20/23
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2023
Japanese Garden, 10/20/23
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2023
Japanese Garden, 10/20/23
Flat Garden, 10/20/23
Japanese Garden, 10/20/23
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2023
Japanese Garden, 10/20/23
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2023
Japanese Garden, 10/20/23
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2023
Japanese Garden, 10/20/23
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2023
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2023
A Bonsai Ginkgo at the Japanese Garden, 10/20/23
Moon Bridge, 10/27/23
Japanese Garden, 10/20/23
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2023
Japanese Garden, 10/20/23
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2023
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2023
View of Mt. Hood from the Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2023
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2023
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2023
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2023
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2023
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2023
“The Tree” and the line of photographers, Japanese Garden, 11/1/23
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2023
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2023
Japanese Garden, 11/1/23
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2023
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2023
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2023
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2023
Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2023
Japanese Garden, Fall, 2023
“The Tree”, as beautiful in its bare bones as with its showy colors just weeks before.
Japanese Garden, Fall, 2023
The lingering colors behind the Moon Bridge.
Peace Lantern, Portland Japanese Garden, Fall 2023
Japanese Garden, Fall, 2023
Koi still swirling through the water; they’ll be slowing down as temperatures drop.
A sozu in its shady spot. Scares away deer, attracts photographers.
The artist honored Portland with this Gatehouse on the water — the lower half is a reflection of the top.
Photo from Chicago Botanical Garden https://www.chicagobotanic.org/blog/news/what_week_portland_japanese_garden
This photo of the tools used at the garden is from an article written by a trainee from the Chicago Botanic Garden, at https://www.chicagobotanic.org/blog/news/what_week_portland_japanese_garden
The Weeping Cherry tree at the Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2024
Camelia, at the Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2024
Camelia, at the Portland Japanese Garden, Spring 2024
Japanese Garden, Oct.24, 2024
“The Tree”, Oct. 24
Japanese Garden, Oct.24, 2024
The Moon Bridge, Oct. 24
Japanese Garden, Oct.24, 2024
Japanese Garden, Oct.24, 2024
Japanese Garden, Oct.24, 2024
Japanese Garden, Oct.24, 2024
Japanese Garden, Oct.24, 2024
Japanese Garden, Oct.24, 2024
Japanese Garden, Oct.24, 2024
The Wisteria Arbor, Oct. 24
Japanese Garden, Oct.24, 2024
Japanese Garden, Oct.24, 2024
The Flat Garden, Oct. 24
Japanese Garden, Oct.24, 2024
Japanese Garden, Oct.24, 2024
Japanese Garden, Oct.24, 2024
The Arbor and Sapporo Pagoda, Oct. 24
Japanese Garden, Oct.24, 2024
Oct. 24
Japanese Garden, Oct.24, 2024
Japanese Garden, Fall 2024
Japanese Garden, Fall 2024
Japanese Garden, Oct.31, 2024
Japanese Garden, Fall 2024
Japanese Garden, Fall 2024
Japanese Garden, Oct.31, 2024
Japanese Garden, Fall 2024
Japanese Garden, Oct.31, 2024
Japanese Garden, Fall 2024
Japanese Garden, Oct.31, 2024
Japanese Garden, Fall 2024
Japanese Garden, Fall 2024
Japanese Garden, Oct.31, 2024
Japanese Garden, Fall 2024
Japanese Garden, Oct.31, 2024
Japanese Garden, Fall 2024
Japanese Garden, Oct.31, 2024
Japanese Garden, Fall 2024
Japanese Garden, Oct.31, 2024
Japanese Garden, Fall 2024
Japanese Garden, Oct.31, 2024
Japanese Garden, Fall 2024
Japanese Garden, Fall 2024
Japanese Garden, Fall 2024
Japanese Garden, Oct.31, 2024
Japanese Garden, Fall 2024
Japanese Garden, Oct.31, 2024
Japanese Garden, Fall 2024
Japanese Garden, Oct.31, 2024
Japanese Garden, Fall 2024
Japanese Garden, Oct.31, 2024
Japanese Garden, Fall 2024
Japanese Garden, Fall 2024
Japanese Garden, Oct.31, 2024
Japanese Garden, Fall 2024
Japanese Garden, Oct.31, 2024
Japanese Garden, Fall 2024
Japanese Garden, Oct.31, 2024
Japanese Garden, Fall 2024
Japanese Garden, Oct.31, 2024
Japanese Garden, Fall 2024
Japanese Garden, Oct.31, 2024
Japanese Garden, Fall 2024
Japanese Garden, Oct.31, 2024
Japanese Garden, Fall 2024
Japanese Garden, Oct.31, 2024
Japanese Garden, Fall 2024
Japanese Garden, Oct.31, 2024
Japanese Garden, Fall 2024
Japanese Garden, Oct.31, 2024
An “ice fossil” imprint of a leaf in a frozen creek, at the Portland Japanese Garden.
Japanese Garden, Winter 2024-25
Only one side of the reflection has a koi in it
A cracked ceramic piece renewed using traditional Kintsugi techniques, with broken pieces joined using gold and lacquer, by Nakao Fukumaru at the Portland Japanese Garden.
A cracked ceramic piece renewed using traditional Kintsugi techniques, with broken pieces joined using gold and lacquer, by Nakao Fukumaru at the Portland Japanese Garden.
A Roman amphora underwater since some time around 200-400 CE, covered with centuries of sea life. The only flaw in the rim, repaired using traditional Kintsugi techniques by Nakao Fukumaru at the Portland Japanese Garden.
A Roman amphora underwater since some time around 200-400 CE, covered with centuries of sea life. The only flaw was in the rim, repaired using traditional Kintsugi techniques by Nakao Fukumaru.
A cracked ceramic piece renewed using traditional Kintsugi techniques, with broken pieces joined using gold and lacquer, by Nakao Fukumaru at the Portland Japanese Garden.
Ice covered grasses at the Portland Japanese Garden.
Peace Lantern
Approaching the waterfall
The waterfall
An anonymous gift statue in the moss
Trillium: it’s springtime!
Entering the Garden
Morning clean-up completed
The Weeping Cherry — planted at the home of a Japanese American family after they returned from internment camps during WW II, and relocated to the Garden in the 60s.
Weeping Cherry blossoms
Looking across the Flat Garden
Looking down to the Sand and Stone Garden
First peek of the Weeping Cherry
Morning light filtering through the garden
Sapporo sister-city Pagoda Lantern
Deer Chaser
Japanese andromeda blossoms
Japanese Camellia blossom
The Moon Bridge viewed through “The Tree”
Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden Bonsai Collection, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden Bonsai Collection, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden Bonsai Collection, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden, October 15, 2025
Japanese Garden, October 15, 2025
Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden, October 15, 2025
Under a parasol on a sunny morning, Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Bonsai close-up, Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden, October 22, 2025
Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden, October 22, 2025
Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden, October 22, 2025
Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Garden, Fall 2025
Japanese Camellia
A lush scene at the waterfall
Japanese Camellia
Yoshino Cherry trees in full bloom
First view of the Weeping Cherry
The Weeping Cherry at the Flat Garden
Yoshino Cherry blossoms behind the Pagoda Lantern
Spring morning sunlight
Waterfall behind the cherry blossoms
