This must be one of the best Japanese gardens outside of Japan... looks fantastic!

I'm so glad that the original gardener came back to see what he helped create. Many thanks to all who worked to create and maintain this beautiful Japanese garden, this is now on my list of things to see before I die (turning 73 soon). The pandemic changed a lot of my travel plans but this garden is now #1 on my list.

@rr7firefly

2 жыл бұрын

I hope your visit is everything you want it to be. And more...

@kachi2782

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but Hira San's family are my in laws in Japan, and Hira San was pressured by the Japanese government and the American embassy to visit again, he never wanted to, stayed 2 days and left right away, didn't talk to anyone, didn't eat with anyone and refused to stay at the hotel but spend the two nights at a house owned by Japanese friends he had met when he was there decades ago and who took him tot he hospital when he was stabbed. He was extremely ashamed to come back because he had vowed never to and when he went back to Japan he was even more angry than when he left portland the first time and resented the Japanese government and american embassy for what they asked him to do when he had finally started to get over his experience in portland and was forced to relive it. He was angry about it until the day he died and said that he felt he was asked to meet his aggressor and smile at them as if he was a woman who had been raped and then forced by her country and the friends of the rapist to meet the rapist again and break bread with him and smile at him. He became a figure of the extreme right wing movement in japan and a national hero. Interesting how this documentary doesn't mention this. He also wrote a book in japan about his 4 years stay in Japan and the multiple aggressions he faced (not just one) and how many times he begged to be allowed to leave but was denied the right to do so, by both the US and the Japanese embassy in the US. He never forgave what was done to him.

My wife and I visited it from Costa Rica, thanks to the hospitality of our friends the Bonin. A few hours will never be enough to enjoy the beauty, tranquility, energy of that amazing place, how lucky the inhabitants of Portland are to have that oasis of peace!

Devastating to hear how he was made so unwelcome, even stabbed (omg) when he was here to create something so beautiful. The Japanese Garden is pretty much my favorite thing about Portland, such a source of beauty and peace. I'm glad he was able to return and see how it has flourished here.

@ravenbishop5232

3 жыл бұрын

Well said.

@limaalexander1460

2 жыл бұрын

God bless this man.. And he is blessed.. For one with a heart of gold as he is ... To appreciate Nature's wonder he 's got to be loved and blessed!!! Sir if you are reading this I say it's an honour and deep pleasure to view this most heartfelt work of yours. THANK YOU GOD BLEDS.🤗🤗🤗🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

@OfftoShambala

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, It is a shame that such an incredible individuals are blamed for the criminal behavior of their governments. Do you know about the horrific science experiments that the Japanese were conducting on people during WW2? It was sick as F. Maybe YOU will be attacked someday too. I may be as well. I assure you, your govt is a criminal organization. Let this be a lesson to you. The lessons are many. I’m glad the dude got to create something amazing, he was lucky.

@kachi2782

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but Hira San's family are my in laws in Japan, and Hira San was pressured by the Japanese government and the American embassy to visit again, he never wanted to, stayed 2 days and left right away, didn't talk to anyone, didn't eat with anyone and refused to stay at the hotel but spend the two nights at a house owned by Japanese friends he had met when he was there decades ago and who took him tot he hospital when he was stabbed. He was extremely ashamed to come back because he had vowed never to and when he went back to Japan he was even more angry than when he left portland the first time and resented the Japanese government and american embassy for what they asked him to do when he had finally started to get over his experience in portland and was forced to relive it. He was angry about it until the day he died and said that he felt he was asked to meet his aggressor and smile at them as if he was a woman who had been raped and then forced by her country and the friends of the rapist to meet the rapist again and break bread with him and smile at him. He became a figure of the extreme right wing movement in japan and a national hero. Interesting how this documentary doesn't mention this. He also wrote a book in japan about his 4 years stay in Japan and the multiple aggressions he faced (not just one) and how many times he begged to be allowed to leave but was denied the right to do so, by both the US and the Japanese embassy in the US. He never forgave what was done to him.

@kachi2782

2 жыл бұрын

@@limaalexander1460 Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but Hira San's family are my in laws in Japan, and Hira San was pressured by the Japanese government and the American embassy to visit again, he never wanted to, stayed 2 days and left right away, didn't talk to anyone, didn't eat with anyone and refused to stay at the hotel but spend the two nights at a house owned by Japanese friends he had met when he was there decades ago and who took him tot he hospital when he was stabbed. He was extremely ashamed to come back because he had vowed never to and when he went back to Japan he was even more angry than when he left portland the first time and resented the Japanese government and american embassy for what they asked him to do when he had finally started to get over his experience in portland and was forced to relive it. He was angry about it until the day he died and said that he felt he was asked to meet his aggressor and smile at them as if he was a woman who had been raped and then forced by her country and the friends of the rapist to meet the rapist again and break bread with him and smile at him. He became a figure of the extreme right wing movement in japan and a national hero. Interesting how this documentary doesn't mention this. He also wrote a book in japan about his 4 years stay in Japan and the multiple aggressions he faced (not just one) and how many times he begged to be allowed to leave but was denied the right to do so, by both the US and the Japanese embassy in the US. He never forgave what was done to him.

Now he can sleep at night coming back to see his masterpiece

Wow, I just stumbled across this video while looking for ideas for a Japanese garden. I never knew this one existed before and it is truly remarkable, being a Japanese garden in a climate supporting cedars and firs. It is a stupendous effort; I think it is the most beautiful public-scale garden I have ever seen.

I visited with my daughter. We live in the UK. It is truly an amazing place to visit. So beautiful ❤️

Spectacular, serenity,, a place of absolute peace

Wow what a treat. I'm a big plant nerd from the east coast and I'd love to visit some day. Thx for sharing. Thoroughly enjoyed the documentary.

Deeply moved by the guy planting the garden and left and healed when locals accepted the garden. People are natural to suspect foreigners. Living together and seeing a garden exotic yet having its beauty really play a role in easing misunderstanding and tensions. Cogratulations.

I was there last June and it was lovely.

I feel peace just watching this video. I saw this garden once, in a rush, didn't get to enjoy it much, but it is e gem in Portland. Thank you for this video. I will watch it from time to time.

@liljanakaca2199

Жыл бұрын

So do I.

Lucky Portland, for having this haven we have visited many times. Now, sequestered, it still calms. Dot

So beautiful and awesome garden Superb and great sharing ,colourful leaves ,waterfall .... No words to say... I enjoyed too much Japan is my most favourite country... Love Japan and Japanese ... My best wishes, Happy New Year 🙏🙏

Great Japanese garden!! Love it! In north American I love Portland Japanese garden and Nitobe memorial garden in Vancouver.

I watch this regulary to relax or to get inspired for my own garden. I can ageee: Planing nature is really taff.

I can’t believe I’ve been living in Portland for all of my life but didn’t know about this place

@Zodak5D

2 жыл бұрын

No one wanted you to know.

It is phenomenal and tranquil! Go-

Beautiful

@ravenbishop5232

3 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed very beautiful

*Portland has a long-history* of tree preservation, preserving some of the Rarest Trees in the World!

@entvisual

3 жыл бұрын

@@arolemaprarath6615 *interesting* point :)

@sequoyahrice6966

3 жыл бұрын

Portland has a long history of raping and destroying the most ancient and rare old growth forest on the planet!

Very beautiful.

This is on my bucket list.

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing. Added to Landscape Architecture TV.

So amazing 🥰

Remarkable masterpiece 👏

really impressed with the earthquake proof castle wall. I didn't understand not using cement until he explained it. Very creative

I have started growing some Japanese Maples from cuttings and now have 12 which survived. My Dad also gave me a Sycamore Maple sapling back in 2000 which we potted up and it has grown well over the years. By 2016, it was about 12 feet tall. This May, I decided to prune it down to 2 feet leaving a side branch as the new leader and it has responded very well with 5 new branches from the trunk with many new leaves and is 4 feet tall now in a large pot. I even have it appear in some of my YT videos as it's been around for so long :)

My son and I went to Portland in January 2023 and we experience be in the garden .highly recommend

Impressive. Japanese style garden in US..

Life-changing 🤩

Es hermoso ese lugar, mágico, lleno de paz y misticismo. Saludos desde la Ciudad de México

Só special people!❤

omg that is a very beautifull garden outside japan

Just too beautiful for words. What a fabulous project to embark upon, especially at that time in American history! Japanese aesthetic culture reached a pinnacle a very long time ago... The thumbs-down here are bots, obviously - AI has no aesthetic sensibilities!

@Vickypedia.potato

2 жыл бұрын

Wait til you hear about ai art

That's cool he came back to the US and saw that we are more tolerable now.

Japanese gardens are work. I have one surrounding my house and I'm in it nearly every day. If I skip a day I feel like I lost 3 days; constant care and planning is why I love my garden.

Love the city of 🌹 roses. Such beautiful Japanese garden & Rose garden now they open the Chinese garden. about 20 years ago. Beautiful Portland, Oregon the City of Roses 🌹

Whenever I ever Portland someday, this garden is a not missed one. It is beautiful. So sad what happened to Hira. This hatred and bigotry is horrible. I hope he can find solace in time and see this masterpiece with the beauty he planted.

@kachi2782

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but Hira San's family are my in laws in Japan, and Hira San was pressured by the Japanese government and the American embassy to visit again, he never wanted to, stayed 2 days and left right away, didn't talk to anyone, didn't eat with anyone and refused to stay at the hotel but spend the two nights at a house owned by Japanese friends he had met when he was there decades ago and who took him tot he hospital when he was stabbed. He was extremely ashamed to come back because he had vowed never to and when he went back to Japan he was even more angry than when he left portland the first time and resented the Japanese government and american embassy for what they asked him to do when he had finally started to get over his experience in portland and was forced to relive it. He was angry about it until the day he died and said that he felt he was asked to meet his aggressor and smile at them as if he was a woman who had been raped and then forced by her country and the friends of the rapist to meet the rapist again and break bread with him and smile at him. He became a figure of the extreme right wing movement in japan and a national hero. Interesting how this documentary doesn't mention this. He also wrote a book in japan about his 4 years stay in Japan and the multiple aggressions he faced (not just one) and how many times he begged to be allowed to leave but was denied the right to do so, by both the US and the Japanese embassy in the US. He never forgave what was done to him.

Ammazing

Heaven

It is wondrous.

Amazing garden, The CEO can be very proud! Even comes with a larping gardener wearing Jika-tabi rubber boots, haha.

@kachi2782

2 жыл бұрын

why should he be proud, he hasn't done anything !?

@ramdas363

2 жыл бұрын

@@kachi2782 Sometimes doing nothing at all is all it takes. Besides I doubt he's done literally nothing though.

@kachi2782

2 жыл бұрын

@@ramdas363 No no, he has done nothing at all. He was just appointed to the job because , well, ... Bloom, and has a yearly salary of over a million dollars while Hira San the man who actually built the garden was payed 25 000 dollars` for the entire 4 years he spent making the garden. The architect was payed 15 000 dollars for the design, and the head gardener who keeps the garden beautiful is payed 1400 dollars monthly.

Only reason I would ever set foot in Portland

@hosoiarchives4858

3 жыл бұрын

Lol true

@latishacroissant2238

3 жыл бұрын

Oh shut up and stay out then

@kachi2782

2 жыл бұрын

Save your money and come to Japan. This garden is about as Japanese as Madonna is a great actress !

@SusanM.

Жыл бұрын

@@kachi2782 lol 😂

@kachi2782

Жыл бұрын

Is your name actually Ohayon ?

I would love to smoke a joint in there

Why people dislike this?!

@Ayame.1234

3 жыл бұрын

Wow I live in Portland

@kachi2782

2 жыл бұрын

Well i can give you ten reasons !

If this is your own film, I would love to set this footage to music on my site. I would give you full credit for your beautiful footage. Please respond when you can. Namaste' CM

Лучший в мире!

We need more respect for artist craftsmen. Americans do not do everything better.

花鳥風月、侘び寂びの世界です。

Please tell me that there are red spider lilies there !

Red cedar an silver…

Surprised the homeless don't take it over.

500 000 visitors each year, at 20 dollars entrance fee per visitors, the garden brings 20 000 000 dollars every year, Tono the designer was paid 15 000 dollars to design it, Hira the one who got stabbed and did the biggest job was paid 350 dollars a month for 4 years of hard work, lived in a campavan and was relentlessly harassed and aggressed. Kondo Head Gardener's wage 1800 dollars a month (today) Uchiyama, Curator, 3500 dollars a month, Bloom CEO 2 900 000 dollars annually. Go figure. Looks like even in a Japanese garden designed and created by Japanese people, it is still better to be called Bloom than Watanabe ! Nothing has changed ! Oh and Hira San never received extra money when the garden became a success, neither did Tono San.

to bad its surrounded by

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Where are the women?

@kachi2782

2 жыл бұрын

Cooking, waiting on customers and cleaning !

@_G4.R4_

3 ай бұрын

if you want I can give you a timestamp of every single woman in the video if it helps

Hello weeb

@_G4.R4_

3 ай бұрын

wassup

Tono (Japanese) Designer, Kondo (Japanese) Gardener, Uchiyama (Japanese) Curator, Hira (Japanese) did most of the planting while facing racism, aggression both psychological and physical, Bloom (Jewish) CEO and self proclaimed Ambassador ! Given who decided to bring Japan into world war 3 and decided to drop two bombs on Japanese city killing civilians, and destroying the country's culture and economy and then asking Japanese to come and design and create and build this magnificent garden but then having a non Japanese owning it while Japanese work under his authority. What a joke ! My in laws come the family of Mister Hira and he remembers fairly well and so do his descendants who was hostile to him and they were the same who run the garden today, while always bringing up the oppression of world war 2 in Europe and the whole blah blah blah universal guilt. Again AMERICA and especially those who owns this country (no not you white folks, your masters, using other to get notoriety and never giving them any recognition and dignity. Same old story. This garden should be 100% japanese, own and managed, not using Japanese as slave labour but having the same people always owning it. You really think we have short memory in Japan or that we don't know who was behind the war and how it was orchestrated and by whom ! We are not owned by you so we have a real version of history. Oh and for the record Hira San was pressured by the Japanese government and the American embassy to visit again, he never wanted to, stayed 2 days and left right away, didn't talk to anyone, didn't eat with anyone and refused to stay at the hotel but spend the two nights at a house owned by Japanese friends he had met when he was there decades ago and who took him tot he hospital when he was stabbed. This garden is evidence that all we need to say, is NO. Hira was celebrated when he came back to Japan and wrote a book on his experience in portland while Tono was considered a traitor and never worked a day in his life in Japan because nobody would ever order a garden to him or his disciples who all left him. Really interesting how this video shows only one side of the story ! Way to go Bloom.

Not a woman in sight, plenty of men though that by their voice we know more than we want to about their private practices. Leave it to Portland to take a story about a beautiful garden and racialize it.

@kachi2782

2 жыл бұрын

If you go early in the morning or late at night or in the kitchens and the restaurants, you will see plenty or women, cleaning, waiting on customers, washing dishes, cooking, etc, ... and a few in the offices doing menial paperwork. Trust me women are all over the garden, just not visible and not in high jobs. As for racializing it, you don't even know half of it. The story of this garden is actually disgusting.

@_G4.R4_

3 ай бұрын

i value womens right as much the next person but what do you mean, what does a garden have to do with women’s rights? if there was like a sign that said no women allowed I would get that but the garden is meant for everybody to enjoy, not just cis straight men. just cause it was happened to be built by a bunch of dudes doesn’t mean that only they should enjoy the education and beauty of a Japanese garden. and I did not get any hint of political radicalization from this video, and this is coming from someone people hate for constantly finding politics in everything lol

@_G4.R4_

3 ай бұрын

@@kachi2782wwhhaaatttttt??? this is the most confusing thing I’ve ever read, elaborate plz if im out of the loop

It so much costly and nature unfriendly to construct .... it is for elitist.

@nastybigJim

2 жыл бұрын

how? most of the stuff is donated

@kachi2782

2 жыл бұрын

You are absolutely right, but the good thing is that they turned a Zoo into a garden. The best part of this video is turning the bears pit into a waterfall. The sad part is that the bears were given to another zoo.

@SocialLocust

Жыл бұрын

It's a nonprofit and, typically, the horticulturists that work at gardens also do some work in habitat restoration outside of the garden. Not to mention the amount of bees that thrive in gardens like this. A botanical garden I used to work at was found to host 132 different bee species. Gardens like this provide a lot of opportunity for nature research and community education.

@_G4.R4_

3 ай бұрын

i’m poor and I can just walk in, I don’t know how elitist a garden can be

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