Oregonian

Portland Japanese Garden brings in the New Year with tea ceremony and dance

More than 1,000 people braved blustery and rainy weather Sunday at the Portland Japanese Garden to recognize and celebrate the Japanese New Year with traditional events. The garden is one of the world ...
UPI

Japan resurrects lion dances from regions affected by 2011 earthquake

May 12 (UPI) --Several Japanese prefectures ravaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 resurrected traditional lion dances on Sunday. The dances involving colorful costumes modeled after lions ...
Fox 12 Oregon

Portland Japanese Garden celebrates Japanese New Year with traditional dance, art

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The Portland Japanese Garden invited visitors to celebrate O-Shogatsu, the Japanese New Year, with a variety of activities on Sunday. “We forget about everything that happened ...
Oregonian

Portland Japanese Garden kicks off the Year of the Snake with O-Shogatsu Festival

As the sounds of taiko and fue — traditional Japanese drums and flute — began to fill the Miller Living Room gathering space at the Portland Japanese Garden on Sunday, a crowd squeezed in tight to ...
NHK

Japanese community's history lives on through Chinese lion dance

Japanese community's history lives on through Chinese lion dance Every year, students at an elementary school in western Japan perform a Chinese lion dance to keep their community connected and its ...