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 ...

Zen and the art of garden maintenance: Anderson Japanese Gardens offers a slice of Kyoto in the heart of Rockford. Photo credit: nicole langel Step into Anderson Japanese Gardens, and you’ll swear you ...

Zen and the art of garden maintenance: Anderson Japanese Gardens offers a slice of Kyoto in the heart of Rockford. Photo credit: nicole langel Forget about that trip to Tokyo you’ve been planning.

From restaurants, to scenic bike paths, to botanical gardens, there's a reason it's a destination they recommend visiting! Rockford Japanese Gardens is mentioned in this piece, too! What started as a ...

Kokedama is a unique form of Japanese bonsai that features a living ... creating a string garden with more than more kokedama. These beautiful, natural planters make a great gift or can add ...

He taught me so much," said Lucero Rivas, the victim's niece. Loved ones remember Macias as a hardworking man from the Rockford area who adored his family, horse racing and mowing the grass on his ...

Japanese gardens are considered among the most beautiful in the world. Meditation gardens, also known as Zen gardens, were originally designed by Buddhist monks to be natural spaces of retreat for ...