Archive for the ‘Portland’ Category

The Portland Japanese Garden

July 24, 2008

Truly an amazing place, the Japanesse Garden is considered to be the most authentic of its kind outside Japan. I nearly felt I was back in Kyoto (minus the crowd of tourists of course.) The sand and stone garden [Zen Garden], was especially impressive and held a calm yet active presence.

For more information see the offical site or the wikipedia page:

http://www.japanesegarden.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Japanese_Garden

Portland, Oregon

July 8, 2008