FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Portland, OR — Now visitors can enjoy lovely summer evenings in one of Portland’s most beautiful places—the Portland Japanese Garden. As a new feature of the Garden’s annual Behind the Shoji art show and sale, Sunset at Shoji takes place every Thursday during the art show with the Garden remaining open to the public until 9pm. (Show runs July 25-August 30—all other days of the week the Garden closes at 7pm.) Sunset at Shoji is free with Garden admission and occurs on the following Thursdays: July 30 and August 6, 13, 20, 27.
“This is a rare treat for Garden visitors,” said Steve Bloom, Executive Director at the Garden. “The Garden is exquisite in the later summer evening hours and we think our new Sunset at Shoji hours on Thursdays from 7-9pm will give our guests a chance to stay a little longer, to join us after work or dinner, to stroll the Garden, and to spend time at our spectacular art show.”
Behind the Shoji begins July 25 and runs everyday through August 30, and Sunset at Shoji takes place on Thursdays from 7-9pm starting on July 30 and ending on August 27.
The Portland Japanese Garden has been proclaimed by his Excellency Nobuo Matsunaga, former Ambassador of Japan, to be “the most beautiful and authentic Japanese garden in the world outside of Japan.” The Garden is above Washington Park at 611 SW Kingston Avenue in SW Portland, Oregon. The Garden is open daily except on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s.
