{"id":43595,"date":"2025-03-18T15:02:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T22:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/?p=43595"},"modified":"2025-09-29T20:30:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T03:30:15","slug":"living-traditions-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/2025\/03\/18\/living-traditions-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future of Social Resiliency and Natural Environment: Living Traditions Returns to Portland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NXrkoRGKBGQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Will Lerner, Communications Manager for Portland Japanese Garden &amp; Japan Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On January 18, <em>Living Traditions<\/em> returned to Portland. A series of conversations and talks that explore the most iconic facets of Japanese culture and traditions, <em>Living Traditions<\/em> launched in 2020 as a joint project of Japan Institute of Portland Japanese Garden and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/japansociety.org\/\">Japan Society<\/a>, supported by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/japan.kantei.go.jp\/\">Prime Minister\u2019s Office of Japan<\/a>. Initially restricted to digital spaces in light of the global COVID pandemic, 2024 saw its first in-person experience at the offices of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wk.com\/\">iconic Portland advertising agency Wieden + Kennedy<\/a>. 2025 marked the second year of a Portland-based, in-person gathering, this time in the cozy wood paneled Cheatham Hall at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/worldforestry.org\/\">World Forestry Center in Washington Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-opt-id=2115437006  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmedia.japanesegarden.org\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/akihito-nakanishi\/\">Aki Nakanishi, Director of Japan Institute as well as the Arlene Schnitzer Curator of Culture, Art, and Education for Portland Japanese Garden<\/a>, helped launch <em>Living Traditions<\/em> alongside Koichiro Matsumoto, Managing Director, Research and Programs of the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA). Prior to his employment at JIIA, Matsumoto had served more than 25 years in public service, including time&nbsp;as Global Issues Director for Japan\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Cabinet Secretary for Public Affairs at the Prime Minister\u2019s Office under three different prime ministers. \u201cPeople in Japan and the United States were tilting inward during the pandemic and developed a strong craving for culture,\u201d Matsumoto shared during a 2023 visit to the Garden. \u201cThat sentiment gave birth to <em>Living Traditions<\/em>.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/2024\/02\/27\/living-traditions-2024\/\"><strong>Related: Read more about the 2024 installment of <em>Living Traditions<\/em> and the inspiration behind its creation.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2025\u2019s installment, titled \u201cThe Future of Social Resiliency and Natural Environment,\u201d explored new frontiers in the cultural fusion of American ingenuity, technology, and craftsmanship with Japanese aesthetics. It was an especially timely conversation amidst the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles County. Featured among the guests was keynote speaker and Los Angeles resident <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aud.ucla.edu\/faculty\/hitoshi-abe\">Hitoshi Abe<\/a>, a professor and former Chair in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aud.ucla.edu\/\">Department of Architecture and Urban Design at UCLA<\/a> and the Director of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.international.ucla.edu\/japan\/\">UCLA Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies<\/a>.&nbsp;He was joined by fellow speaker and panelist <a href=\"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/sadafumi-uchiyama\/\">Sadafumi Uchiyama, Curator Emeritus of the Garden<\/a>. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/asia-archive.si.edu\/about\/contact\/staff\/frank-feltens\/\">Frank Feltens, Curator of Japanese Art at the Smithsonian\u2019s National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, D.C.<\/a>, rounded out the group with brief remarks and by serving as moderator of a panel discussion that followed Abe and Uchiyama\u2019s presentations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Making Ourselves More Resilient<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-opt-id=969712262  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmedia.japanesegarden.org\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025_01_18_LivingTraditions_PhotoByPJG-031-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A woman stands behind a podium as an audience looks on.\" class=\"wp-image-43600\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lisa Christy, Executive Director of Portland Japanese Garden, welcomes the audience to the 2025 installment of Living Traditions. Photo by Portland Japanese Garden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The afternoon kicked off by a welcome from <a href=\"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/lisa-christy\/\">Lisa Christy, Executive Director of Portland Japanese Garden<\/a>. \u201cI love this series because it looks at modern topics and trends, but it traces their roots back to ancient Japanese traditions that date back centuries and even millennia,&#8221; shared Christy. &#8220;Living here in the U.S., where we&#8217;re a relatively young country in the world, we sometimes get a bit dismissive of the past. It is humbling and illuminating, I think, to explore the wisdoms that come from historical journeys of some of the most iconic facets of Japanese culture and doing that through these conversations between experts and cultural stewards such as our speakers here today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-opt-id=1572675797  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/wpmedia.japanesegarden.org\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025_01_18_LivingTraditions_PhotoByPJG-039-scaled.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43599\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Aki Nakanishi, Director of Japan Institute and the Arlene Schnitzer Curator of Culture, Art, and Education served as emcee for Living Traditions in 2025. Photo by Portland Japanese Garden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following Christy was Nakanishi, who served as emcee for the event. \u201cWe are here to learn and to ask ourselves, \u2018How do we also make ourselves more resilient against natural disasters, which do not recognize any international borders?\u2019\u201d Nakanishi noted. \u201cIt\u2019s poignant that this awareness of disaster preparedness is even more important than ever because of what our friends and family in Los Angeles are going through right now. And I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;m speaking on behalf of the Prime Minister&#8217;s office, all the colleagues there as well as friends at Japan Society in New York when we say we share the deepest sympathies with those people who are being affected by the ravaging fires.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Creating Communities That Can Withstand Disaster<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-opt-id=701479442  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/wpmedia.japanesegarden.org\/cb:NhfT.31879\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/id:21f3c515ddacfb97aab12cd1b3abcaae\/https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/2025_01_18_LivingTraditions_PhotoByPJG-059.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43602\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hitoshi Abe. Photo by Portland Japanese Garden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hitoshi Abe led off the presentations as the keynote speaker for the afternoon\u2019s event. In addition to his work as an educator and academic at UCLA, Abe is the founder of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/aha.design\/\">international design practice Atelier Hitoshi Abe<\/a>. The organization\u2019s works are dotted throughout the world including Japan, the U.S., and Austria. Abe, known for demonstrating that architecture can play a leading role in societal innovation, focused on the idea of \u201cregenerative urbanism,\u201d which he described as \u201ca design strategy of creating disaster resilient urban environments through harmony with nature.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abe, born in Miyagi Prefecture, pointed to his native nation of Japan as a place that has had to manage a volatile natural environment. He noted that during the reign of the Tokugawa shogunate (1603-1868) the nation saw nearly 50 significant fires in Edo (today known as Tokyo). \u201cEvery five years most of Edo would burn down and then rebuild again,\u201d he noted. \u201cThe city repeated a cycle of destruction and rebirth. The people\u2019s daily lives and economic activity was shaped by the assumption that the city would burn every five years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-opt-id=1132626474  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/wpmedia.japanesegarden.org\/cb:NhfT.31879\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/id:1b5a8e61d24e8d3224babedec8d8ef58\/https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/2025_01_18_LivingTraditions_PhotoByPJG-055.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"A man speaks into a microphone at a podium.\" class=\"wp-image-43601\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hitoshi Abe, keynote speaker for the 2025 installment of Living Traditions. Photo by Portland Japanese Garden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the infernos of the Edo period have subsided, especially with the introduction of fire-resistant Western technology, Japan is still subject to an unrelenting landscape. \u201cThe people of Japan, a country blessed with abundant natural resources, have lived side by side with the dangers of disaster,\u201d Abe shared. \u201cFor example, of the more 1,000 earthquakes with a magnitude of six or more from 1994 to 2003, about 23 percent occurred in Japan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All of this is to say that it makes sense to look to Japan for guidance on how to maintain and foster society as the climate crisis increasingly threatens global stability. To help illustrate this, Abe pointed to how communities in Shizuoka Prefecture have handled flooding from the \u014ci River, including homes being designed on plots of land shaped like boats to reduce the force of water, thus preventing houses being swept away. This notion of finding balance in nature rather than seeking dominion over it is crucial. \u201cHuman beings form and operate within their own closed systems,\u201d Abe said. \u201cThe balance can be maintained if the scale remains at a particular scale, but when settlements expand to a global scale, the collision between the larger circular current of nature and humans begins to occur. Regenerative urbanism attempts to resolve this friction by weaving various human activities as a series of small systems within a larger cycle. It does not reject nature or disasters, but asks how can we softly accept and let them go past?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abe wrapped up his remarks by touching upon an international collaborative project, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/xlab.aud.ucla.edu\/irides-tohoku-arcdr3\/\">the \u201cArcDR3 Initiative.\u201d<\/a> Led by UCLA and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tohoku.ac.jp\/en\/\">Tohoku University<\/a>, in partnership with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apru.org\/\">Association of the Pacific Rim Universities<\/a>, ArcDR3 involved 11 schools proposing urban designs that would address local environmental concerns. Eventually, the ideas were categorized and organized into seven different types of city concepts that, depending on the local needs, would reflect the principles of regenerative urbanism. One all-too-timely example of this was the \u201cPyroactive City,\u201d in which it was proposed to create buffer zones between urban boundaries and nearby wild environments in areas that have \u201cignitable\u201d ecosystems. Here, residents would regularly make sure that undergrowth and dead shrubbery were cleared in the buffer zone to reduce the amount of fuel available to fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mending Broken Hearts Through Gardens<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-opt-id=262444184  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/wpmedia.japanesegarden.org\/cb:NhfT.31879\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/id:3a5eb162a3328f753ee40d84ecc02f40\/https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/2025_01_18_LivingTraditions_PhotoByPJG-063.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43603\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sadafumi Uchiyama, Curator Emeritus for Portland Japanese Garden, delivering a presentation. Photo by Portland Japanese Garden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Complementing Abe\u2019s remarks were those from Sadafumi Uchiyama. No stranger to the audience, Uchiyama previously spent 15 years under the employ of Portland Japanese Garden in the roles of Garden Curator, Chief Curator, and Director of the Japanese Garden Training Center until his retirement at the end of 2023. Now Curator Emeritus, Uchiyama devoted his time to considering how gardens can lead to a more emotional regeneration in the face of disaster or upheaval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSince ancient times, gardens have been largely created in the image of heaven or paradise,\u201d Uchiyama shared. \u201cIn many respects, gardens were necessary places for spiritual refuge that served people across the spectrum. In other words, gardens are universal patterns of cultural significance and meaning. The garden is a reference point to remind us of our true self\u2014who we are and where we belong.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uchiyama then touched upon two different examples of gardens providing refuge to those of Japanese ancestry. The first was from Japan\u2019s Muromachi period (1336-1573) during the decline of the Ashikaga shogunate\u2019s power as the Onin War saw Japan devastated by bloody conflict. \u201cThe city of Kyoto was literally burned down to ashes in just ten years,\u201d Uchiyama noted. He pointed to the then-shogun, Yoshimasa Ashikaga (1436-1490). Noting that while Yoshimasa was considered a \u201cweak and broken leader,\u201d the shogun was also largely responsible for shepherding a cultural renaissance that included garden building. A chief example of this was the landscape of the famed Silver Pavilion, where Yoshimasa sought safe haven as turmoil unleashed itself around him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-opt-id=1537601044  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/wpmedia.japanesegarden.org\/cb:NhfT.31879\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/id:99024bf8daca38977ff7eb78346ac5cc\/https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/2024_09_30_FallColors_PhotoByPJG-wp-03.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"525\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41152\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A scene from the Entry Garden, a space designed by Sadafumi Uchiyama while he was Garden Curator for Portland Japanese Garden. Photo by Portland Japanese Garden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jetting ahead nearly a half-millennium later, Uchiyama then turned to the experience of the Japanese and Japanese Americans who forced into concentration camps during World War II. \u201cGardens of peace were built at [Manzanar War Relocation Center] by incarcerated Japanese Americans in the face of racism and wartime hysteria,\u201d Uchiyama said. \u201cIn my mind, these gardens are the ultimate symbols of hope and resilience. \u2026These gardens were built in a very short period of time between 1942 and 1944, just about two years. This means that the incarcerated people started building gardens only three months after having moved there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe garden is a remarkably elastic and generous creation that has the capacity to both generate and absorb our feelings in times of joy and more in tremendous sorrow,\u201d Uchiyama concluded. \u201cThe garden makes an otherwise hostile environment more human and hospitable. I believe gardens are foundational to regenerative cities. It will serve us well to center around the garden and green spaces and thoughtfully weave them into the urban fabric to mend our broken hearts and weary souls. This commitment will make us stronger, wise, and more in touch with what sustains our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Transforming Breakage into Something New and Appealing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-opt-id=115747341  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/wpmedia.japanesegarden.org\/cb:NhfT.31879\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/id:9f3410ca6cbd1276c9c9f60cad721c77\/https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/2025_01_18_LivingTraditions_PhotoByPJG-088.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43605\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Frank Feltens speaking briefly before leading a panel discussion. Photo by Portland Japanese Garden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frank Feltens would be the final speaker of the afternoon, speaking briefly before a panel discussion. Feltens, who previously guest curated <a href=\"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/events\/the-art-of-jun-kaneko-the-garden-of-resonance\/\">the Garen\u2019s 2022 exhibition, <em>Garden of Resonance: The Art of Jun Kaneko<\/em><\/a>, further explored how Japan has evolved through a series of catastrophes in its history. \u201cJapanese culture has experienced a range of natural and manmade disasters, partially prompted by the country&#8217;s geographical location along four tectonic plates and partially also through mainly domestic struggles for power that also often lay the country in ruins,\u201d Feltens began. \u201cIn the wake of such looming dangers, Japanese culture has embraced cataclysms as not only negative, but as generative forces for cultural advancement. The inevitability of periodic catastrophe has spawned an attitude that I think can be described as both accepting and defiant at the same time. Catastrophes, fissures, and such were viewed as a fact of existence and as an opportunity for actively enacting personal societal and cultural evolution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To illustrate this further, Feltens pointed to a passage from one of Japan\u2019s most revered texts, <em>Hojoki<\/em>, a 13<sup>th<\/sup> century work by author, poet, and essayist Kamo no Ch\u014dmei (1153?-1216):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe flowing river never stops\u200b<br>and yet the water never stays the same. \u200b<br>Foam floats upon the pools,\u200b<br>scattering, re-forming, never lingering long.\u200b<br>So it is with people and all their dwelling places\u200b<br>here on earth.\u200b\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese words are kind of a classical, a synopsis of an attitude that I think pervades Japanese culture throughout centuries and still is very much in existence today,\u201d Feltens offered. \u201cOne of preparedness both mental and physical resilience and strength. One that understands and accepts the reality of disasters without capitulating to them but instead understanding them as inevitable and as opportunities for cultural and personal advancement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Feltens wrapped up his turn at the mic by pointing to the Japanese art form of <em>kintsugi<\/em>, the same art form masterfully rendered by <a href=\"https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/events\/kintsugi-the-restorative-art-of-naoko-fukumaru\/\">Portland Japanese Garden exhibiting artist Naoko Fukumaru in her exhibition, open through March 16, 2025.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-opt-id=2521168  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/wpmedia.japanesegarden.org\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024_09_27_KintsugiExhibition_PhotoByArthurHitchcock-22-scaled.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"kintsugi on display\" class=\"wp-image-42017\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Momiji, 2023 &#8211; Eiraku Zengoro XVI Sokuzen (1917-1998) Ninsei style Earthenware, Urushi lacquer, resin, and 24K gold Diameter 12cm by Naoko Fukumaru. Photo by Arthur Hitchcock.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe technique called kintsugi developed in Japan around the 15th century and allegedly gained prominence after damaged, highly valuable Chinese tea bowls were sent back to China for repairs,\u201d Feltens shared. \u201cThey returned with metal staples which horrified the Japanese owners. \u2026This experience prompted a search for a different method. Japanese craftsmen began developing a new method of repair that would not only transform breakage but effectively alter and often enhance the aesthetic of the broken object. \u2026The final result emphasizes rather than disguises the history of breakage, creating shimmering veins of precious metal that traces the object&#8217;s wounds, its history becomes really imprinted onto the object forever. In other words, fissures and breakages are not ignored or concealed. They are celebrated retraced and reformulated into something fresh, new and appealing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exploring the Joy and Wonder of Japanese Gardens Through Dialogue<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-opt-id=956347494  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/wpmedia.japanesegarden.org\/cb:NhfT.31879\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/id:2b6fcb717821f6ccb1f16312f41b0ed5\/https:\/\/japanesegarden.org\/2025_01_18_LivingTraditions_PhotoByPJG-118.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43606\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The panel discussion from Living Traditions. 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