{"id":42398,"date":"2024-12-11T09:55:26","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T17:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/?page_id=42398"},"modified":"2025-04-17T12:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T19:00:10","slug":"living-traditions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/japan-institute\/living-traditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Living Traditions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-opt-id=1265916628  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmedia.japanesegarden.org\/cb:NhfT.31879\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025_01_18_LivingTraditions_PhotoByPJG-096-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Three people sitting in chairs on stage in front of an audience.\" class=\"wp-image-43597\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The panel discussion from the 2025 installment of Living Traditions. L-R: Sadafumi Uchiyama, Hitoshi Abe, and Frank Feltens. Photo by Portland Japanese Garden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is <em>Living Traditions<\/em>?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Living Traditions<\/em> is a panel-style lecture series featuring cultural stewards from a diverse range of creative disciplines to explore the intersection of culture, nature, and human ingenuity. Initiated during the pandemic (2020), this program had been offered exclusively through webinars, but in 2024, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/japansociety.org\/\">Japan Society<\/a> and Japan Institute of Portland Japanese Garden were able to have their first in-person gatherings in this program in 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Precisely the exciting and unique cultural programming that Japan Institute offers, <em>Living Traditions<\/em> is presented in partnership with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/japansociety.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Japan Society (NY)<\/a> and supported by the Government of Japan.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All <em>Living Traditions <\/em>programs are open to the public, with registration. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLAhIwNgUL799W25e3_k5ZwV3Ze0QR6yof&amp;si=tlTOR7IfXgqCXlnA\">Access the recordings of past programs. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Past programs, hosted by Japan Institute of Portland Japanese Garden<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/events\/living-traditions-2024-creative-forum-pdx\/\"><em>Living Traditions 2024: Creative Forum PDX \u2013 A Conversation on Art, Architecture, and Landscape<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Read about this in our article, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/2024\/02\/27\/living-traditions-2024\/\">The Power of Portland: Living Traditions Marks Renewed Focus on Portland-Based Programming for Japan Institute.<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/events\/living-traditions-2025-creative-forum-pdx\/\"><em>Living Traditions 2025: The Future of Social Resiliency and Natural Environment<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Read about this in our article, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/2025\/03\/18\/living-traditions-2025\/\">The Future of Social Resiliency and Natural Environment: Living Traditions Returns to Portland<\/a>.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Videos from <em>Living Traditions<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NXrkoRGKBGQ?si=xtV7M9Qp1CJqWZJD\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OtpTyswJOus?si=xtV7M9Qp1CJqWZJD\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more programming, please visit our playlists on our official channel on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@PortlandJapaneseGardenOfficial\/playlists\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get notified about upcoming <em>Living Traditions<\/em> programs<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"_form_1\"><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/japanesegarden.prospect2.com\/f\/embed.php?id=1\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Living Traditions? Living Traditions is a panel-style lecture series featuring cultural stewards from a diverse range of creative disciplines to explore the intersection of culture, nature, and human ingenuity. Initiated during the pandemic (2020), this program had been offered exclusively through webinars, but in 2024, Japan Society and Japan Institute of Portland Japanese <a class=\"read_more\" href=\"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/japan-institute\/living-traditions\/\">&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"parent":31115,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-42398","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","the-blue-bar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Living Traditions &#8211; Portland Japanese Garden<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/japan-institute\/living-traditions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Living Traditions &#8211; Portland Japanese Garden\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What is Living Traditions? Living Traditions is a panel-style lecture series featuring cultural stewards from a diverse range of creative disciplines to explore the intersection of culture, nature, and human ingenuity. Initiated during the pandemic (2020), this program had been offered exclusively through webinars, but in 2024, Japan Society and Japan Institute of Portland Japanese ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/japan-institute\/living-traditions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Portland Japanese Garden\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PortlandJapaneseGarden\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-17T19:00:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wpmedia.japanesegarden.org\/cb:NhfT.31879\/w:2560\/h:1707\/q:mauto\/f:best\/id:b3a771b1d9d2537bbf0a106e6b693857\/https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/2025_01_18_LivingTraditions_PhotoByPJG-096.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@pdxJapaneseGdn\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/japanesegarden.org\\\/japan-institute\\\/living-traditions\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/japanesegarden.org\\\/japan-institute\\\/living-traditions\\\/\",\"name\":\"Living Traditions &#8211; Portland Japanese Garden\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/japanesegarden.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/japanesegarden.org\\\/japan-institute\\\/living-traditions\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/japanesegarden.org\\\/japan-institute\\\/living-traditions\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\/\\/japanesegarden.org\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2025\\/03\\/2025_01_18_LivingTraditions_PhotoByPJG-096-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-11T17:55:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-17T19:00:10+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/japanesegarden.org\\\/japan-institute\\\/living-traditions\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/japanesegarden.org\\\/japan-institute\\\/living-traditions\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/japanesegarden.org\\\/japan-institute\\\/living-traditions\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wpmedia.japanesegarden.org\/cb:NhfT.31879\/w:2560\/h:1707\/q:mauto\/f:best\/id:b3a771b1d9d2537bbf0a106e6b693857\/https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/2025_01_18_LivingTraditions_PhotoByPJG-096.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/wpmedia.japanesegarden.org\/cb:NhfT.31879\/w:2560\/h:1707\/q:mauto\/f:best\/id:b3a771b1d9d2537bbf0a106e6b693857\/https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/2025_01_18_LivingTraditions_PhotoByPJG-096.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707,\"caption\":\"The panel discussion from the 2025 installment of Living Traditions. L-R: Sadafumi Uchiyama, Hitoshi Abe, and Frank Feltens. Photo by Portland Japanese Garden.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/japanesegarden.org\\\/japan-institute\\\/living-traditions\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/japanesegarden.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Japan Institute\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/japanesegarden.org\\\/japan-institute\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Living Traditions\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/japanesegarden.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/japanesegarden.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Portland Japanese Garden\",\"description\":\"Located in Portland, Oregon, and proclaimed the most authentic Japanese garden outside Japan, the Garden features a new Cultural Village and eight unique garden styles.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/japanesegarden.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/japanesegarden.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/japanesegarden.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Portland Japanese Garden\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/japanesegarden.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/japanesegarden.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\/\\/japanesegarden.org\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2017\\/02\\/PJG-logo-512.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\/\\/japanesegarden.org\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2017\\/02\\/PJG-logo-512.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Portland Japanese Garden\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/japanesegarden.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/PortlandJapaneseGarden\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/pdxJapaneseGdn\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/portlandjapanesegarden\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/pdxjapangarden\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/PdxJapaneseGarden\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Living Traditions &#8211; Portland Japanese Garden","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/japan-institute\/living-traditions\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Living Traditions &#8211; Portland Japanese Garden","og_description":"What is Living Traditions? Living Traditions is a panel-style lecture series featuring cultural stewards from a diverse range of creative disciplines to explore the intersection of culture, nature, and human ingenuity. Initiated during the pandemic (2020), this program had been offered exclusively through webinars, but in 2024, Japan Society and Japan Institute of Portland Japanese ...","og_url":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/japan-institute\/living-traditions\/","og_site_name":"Portland Japanese Garden","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PortlandJapaneseGarden\/","article_modified_time":"2025-04-17T19:00:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1707,"url":"https:\/\/wpmedia.japanesegarden.org\/cb:NhfT.31879\/w:2560\/h:1707\/q:mauto\/f:best\/id:b3a771b1d9d2537bbf0a106e6b693857\/https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/2025_01_18_LivingTraditions_PhotoByPJG-096.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@pdxJapaneseGdn","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/japan-institute\/living-traditions\/","url":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/japan-institute\/living-traditions\/","name":"Living Traditions &#8211; Portland Japanese Garden","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/japan-institute\/living-traditions\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/japan-institute\/living-traditions\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wpmedia.japanesegarden.org\/cb:NhfT.31879\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025_01_18_LivingTraditions_PhotoByPJG-096-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2024-12-11T17:55:26+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-17T19:00:10+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/japan-institute\/living-traditions\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/japan-institute\/living-traditions\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/japan-institute\/living-traditions\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/wpmedia.japanesegarden.org\/cb:NhfT.31879\/w:2560\/h:1707\/q:mauto\/f:best\/id:b3a771b1d9d2537bbf0a106e6b693857\/https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/2025_01_18_LivingTraditions_PhotoByPJG-096.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/wpmedia.japanesegarden.org\/cb:NhfT.31879\/w:2560\/h:1707\/q:mauto\/f:best\/id:b3a771b1d9d2537bbf0a106e6b693857\/https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/2025_01_18_LivingTraditions_PhotoByPJG-096.jpg","width":2560,"height":1707,"caption":"The panel discussion from the 2025 installment of Living Traditions. L-R: Sadafumi Uchiyama, Hitoshi Abe, and Frank Feltens. Photo by Portland Japanese Garden."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/japan-institute\/living-traditions\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Japan Institute","item":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/japan-institute\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Living Traditions"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/","name":"Portland Japanese Garden","description":"Located in Portland, Oregon, and proclaimed the most authentic Japanese garden outside Japan, the Garden features a new Cultural Village and eight unique garden styles.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/#organization","name":"Portland Japanese Garden","url":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/wpmedia.japanesegarden.org\/cb:NhfT.31879\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/PJG-logo-512.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/wpmedia.japanesegarden.org\/cb:NhfT.31879\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/PJG-logo-512.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Portland Japanese Garden"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PortlandJapaneseGarden\/","https:\/\/x.com\/pdxJapaneseGdn","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/portlandjapanesegarden\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pdxjapangarden\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/PdxJapaneseGarden"]}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8Ec5q-b1Q","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42398\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}