Public Opening of the Japanese Charcoal Pit Kiln

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 located

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 a great success

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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Spring 2015 Newsletter

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.

JGS Spring 2015 Newsletter

Click here to download a pdf copy of the Spring 2015 Newsletter.

Japanese Pioneers Honoured

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.

Japanese Canadian grave salt Spring

To read the article originally published in the Driftwood newspaper July 11, 2013 issue, please click here”Driftwood“.