60 Years of Inspiring Harmony & Peace (English)

Learn about Portland Japanese Garden and Japan Institute.
In 2023, Portland Japanese Garden is celebrating its 60th anniversary. In 1963, the organization was founded when Portland civic leaders banded together to build a Japanese garden on the site of an abandoned old zoo in Washington Park. These individuals wanted to provide the citizens of Portland with a garden of great beauty and serenity and forge a healing connection to Japan on the heels of World War II. Now, Portland Japanese Garden is known globally as the most beautiful and authentic Japanese garden outside of Japan and among the foremost Japanese cultural organization in the world.
Narrated by Miki Ebara, Journalist, former Editor-in-Chief, NHK World News.