Photo album of the restoration and the public opening of the kiln
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Photo album of the restoration and the public opening of the kiln
Click the link below to see the photos on Flickr.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/132582883@N03/albums
The Salt Spring Island Parks and Recreation Commission (SSI PARC) and Japanese Garden Society are pleased to announce the public opening of the newly-restored Japanese Charcoal Pit Kiln in Ganges on Sunday November 29th, 2015.
We invite you to join us in celebrating the completion of this project, and to reflect on the Japanese Canadian pioneers and the history of Salt Spring in the early 1900’s.
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Japanese charcoal pit kilns have been located in Mouat Park
The Japanese Garden Society is launching a new project in partnership with the Salt Spring Island Parks and Recreation Commission – the Restoration of the Japanese Charcoal Pit Kilns. As PARC has been such a great partner, we are feeling very hopeful about the project.
The society has started a fundraising campaign to raise funds to get the project moving. We recently received some good news that we’ve been chosen to receive grants from the Victoria Nikkei Cultural Society and the Salt Spring Foundation.
Go to Japanese Charcoal Kiln Restoration on our website for more details.
Spring 2015 fundraising events were great success
Koji Yamaguchi who plays Shamisen and Yoshihiko Fueki who plays Taiko drums made the fisrt stop of their North American Tour at Salt Spring. With a great support of Anthony Mathews who was in charge of the Easter Art Tour and its special exhibit, the concert on April 9th at Mahon Hall was realized.
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Please take a look at our latest newsletter. An article about the restoration project of Japanese charcoal pit kilns in Mouat Park is on the second page of the newsletter.
Click here to download a pdf copy of the Spring 2015 Newsletter.
In the Heiwa Garden on June 20th, 2014.
A big thanks to the Salt Spring Chamber of Commerce! This presentation was made possible by the partnership between JGS and the Chamber in April each year for the Blossom Festival and A Taste of Salt Spring.
Click here to download a pdf copy of the Winter 2013 Newsletter.
Mearnie Summers was recently featured in an article written by Sean McIntyre in our local community newspaper The Driftwood July 11th, 2013 issue.
To read the introduction to the article originally published in The Driftwood newspaper, please click here" Mearnie ".
Graves of several members of the original Japanese-Canadian families have been restored, with hand-cut marker stones created by Salt Spring artist Warren Langley shown here with Rose and Richard Murakami.
To read the article originally published in the Driftwood newspaper July 11, 2013 issue, please click here”Driftwood“.
Click here to download a pdf copy of the Spring 2013 Newsletter.