Once-a-Year Flat Garden Scenery – Portland Japanese Garden

Ichimatsu Pattern Raking During the Harvest Moon Every year at the time of the Harvest Moon and our Moonviewing Festival, Portland Japanese Garden’s gardeners create this special checkered pattern, called ichimatsu moyo (市松模様), with the white sand in the Flat Garden. Moonviewing, or O-Tsukimi in Japanese, is an annual festival and custom of gazing at the full ...