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By Denise Ruttan Hood River Japenese garden Tucked away in a corner of a public garden in Hood River, the Japanese Heritage Garden offers an unexpected place of quiet reflection. The site, maintained by Master Gardeners who were trained by the Oregon State University Extension Service, incorporates the scenic vistas of hills and orchards, which were worked by the first generation of Japanese immigrants to the Hood River Valley in the early 1900s. An old Norway spruce tree surrounded by raked gravel forms a centerpiece. A six-foot...