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Walkway
The walkway at the Japenese Garden in Portland, OR captured my interest. It was flat and square, rather than diagonal. |
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Fountain
Another bamboo fountain in the Classical Japanese Garden in Portland, OR. This one was kinda neat because it looked more in-tune with it's surroundings. |
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Tea House
This tea house in the Japenese Gardens overlooked the skyline of Portland, OR. I tried to take a snap of the city, but the air was too moist and everything was washed out. Still, it was an amazing vista. |
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Steps
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Path
There are two ways to the entrance of the Japanese Garden. You can either take a shuttle directly to the entrance, or walk up a meandering path through the trees. Along the path was a short stone wall engraved with markers of the major contributors. The trees, like all the trees seem to be in the pasific northwest, were so unimaginably tall. I couldn't help but snap a picture. |
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Lightpost, River, and Bridge
Across from the lake and near the koi, there's a small path buried between some shrubbery. From the outside, it looked more like a shortcut through the garden path. When you were actually on it, however, you find this. |
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Walkway and Patio
A few weeks ago I had the fortune of traveling to Portland, OR for work. While I was there, I visited both the Classical Chinese and Japanese Gardens. I made sure to take a few pictures while I was there. ^_~
This one was taken at the Japanese Gardens next to the Zen Stone Garden. It didn't seem that special to most people, but the textures and orientation of the landscape and fencing caught my eye. |
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Zen Sand
A Japenese stone garden. |
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Lake
This is the lake at the center of the Portland Classical Japanese Gardens. I spent almost 10 mintues trying to get a good shot of the duck in the image, and in the end it's so small it doesn't matter. |
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Purple Flowers
A few weeks ago I had the fortune of traveling to Portland, OR for work. While I was there, I visited both the Classical Chinese and Japanese Gardens. I made sure to take a few pictures while I was there. ^_~
The Classical Chinese Gardens had a lot of wonderful plant life. One of them was this abundant bush of purple flowers. |
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Waterfall
The pond with the walkway and the Koi ended in a spectacular waterfall. Combined with the tall pacific northwest trees, it was the tallest most amazing thing I've seen. |
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Koi
I had never seen real Koi before either. When I went to the Portland Chinese Garden's earlier that week, the lake at the center of the complex only had goldfish. The Japanese Garden, however, had the large fish you see in the picture. I actually felt sorry for them, since they were all crowded around the only sorce of running water in the pond. |
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Bowl
This was one of the many fountains around the Classical Japanese Gardens in Portland, OR. I had always seen these kind of things in anime and manga, but to see them in person was quite a different expereince. |