Category: Past Events

A new interpretive panel about Isaburo Tasaka’s masonry work will be installed in Ganges.

The unveiling gathering will be held on Monday, September 30th from 2pm on the boardwalk behind the Tree House Cafe. Isaburo’s grandchildren, Chuck Tasaka and Yvonne Wakabayashi, will be present at the event.

The interpretive panel was created by the Salt Spring Historical Society in conjunction with the Salt Spring Foundation and Mouat’s Trading Co.

The panel talks about the foundation rock wall under the Mouat Hardware store that was build by Isaburo Tasaka in the 1920’s. The rock wall can be seen from the government dock at low tide.

Isaburo Tasaka was an early settler on Salt Spring Island. He and his family lived in the village of Ganges on Seaview Avenue. Isaburo, a man of many skills, built two charcoal pit kilns behind his homestead, one of which has been restored and opened for viewing by the public.

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We are celebrating the 65th anniversary of Murakami Family’s return to Salt Spring Island together with the 115th anniversary of Kimiko Murakami’s birth.

Date: September 25th (Wednesday) from 7pm
Location: SSI Library’s Programme Room

We will be screening a short film ‘Kimiko Murakami: Triumph Over Internment‘ narrated by Keiko Mary Kitagawa-Murakami, Kimiko’s daughter. She will be present at the event together with her sister Rose and brother Richard.

The event is organized by Jan Slakov, and co-sponsored by the Salt Spring Public Library and the Japanese Garden Society of Salt Spring Island.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A Tapestry of Japanese Sounds Vol.4

The JGS is offering ‘A Tapestry of Japanese Sounds’: an evening of sublime Japanese traditional music on April 19th at Mahon Hall. The concert will feature two amazing musicians: Kohei Honda on Tsugaru Shamisen (three-string instrument) and the world-renowned Taiko drummer, Keita Kanazashi.

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