When designing and building your Japanese garden, plan for lots of space between elements. The Japanese sensibility is rooted in various schools of Buddhism, particularly Zen, which is all about the ...

Consider the setting for your bench. A rustic bench is a natural addition to a woodland or cottage garden. It would look good overlooking a pond, or next to a meadow sown with wildflower seeds.

Hannah Wallace If you need an escape from urban landscapes, seek out Zen-like tranquility at the Japanese Garden within Washington Park. The 12-acre Portland Japanese Garden is made up of eight ...

native Japanese plants, serene koi ponds, a five-story pagoda and a Zen garden. You’ll want to plan your visit foo March or April when the garden’s cherry blossom trees are in full bloom.

An architectural element such as a brightly painted front door, a garden sculpture or a well pruned Japanese maple will ... to be a part of it. Add a bench, chair, or even a well-placed boulder ...

and Kenkichi Ishida (second left on the bench) Credit: Tadashi Wakamoto Junior-high school students in Hiroshima re-discovered the story of Cherry Parker, the first Japanese war bride to come to ...

How much time do you need at the Portland Japanese Garden? You’ll want to plan to spend one to two hours in the Portland ...

A Japanese teenager is standing up for his right to play hours of video games, crowdfunding for a lawsuit to challenge local government guidelines on limiting video gaming for children.

A new system to accredit Japanese language schools would see the education minister authorizing the schools, according to a draft plan the Cultural Affairs Agency presented on May 31 to a group of ...

A weight bench is one of the best pieces of home gym ... it's best suited for those who plan to lift big. We found the thick 10-inch extremely comfortable, which has also been finished in a ...

About 79 per cent of Japanese companies listed on the exchange’s prime section or the main board, had responded to the bourse’s request as of August, the TSE’s database indicated. But Nippon Life, ...

A new Japanese restaurant by private chef Worawit "Chef Ray" Boonyapituksakul is planned for the former 1033 space at 1033 S. First St. in Walker's Point. The restaurant, Omakase 1033, will serve ...