Kuno Japanese Garden, Steveston

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The Kuno Japanese Garden offers visitors the opportunity to stroll alongside the Fraser River through groomed gardens and past iconic images of the Japanese culture.

Commemorating one hundred years of immigration between Mihama Village in Wakayama, Japan, and British Columbia, the Kuno Japanese Garden offers visitors the opportunity to enjoy the traditional dry-pond garden and the elements which brought thousands of Japanese to Canada's shores - the rich fishing industry seen in the nearby Fraser River as well as the buildings of the cannery and shipyard in the distance. A small, but beautiful garden, visitors can enjoy the serene beauty while taking in the small town charm from neighbouring Steveston.

Designed and planted in 1988, the Kuno Japanese Gardens on the southern edge of Steveston's Garry Point Park offers visitors the opportunity to walk along carefully planned pathways, a rock garden, sculpted trees and bushes and among culturally significant lanterns and other Japanese elements.

Named for a local fisherman, Gihei Kuno - the first immigrant from Mihama Village in Wakayama, Japan - the garden celebrates the passage of over 5,000 nationals to Canada between 1888 and 1988 and their integral role in Steveston to the fishing and canning industries.

White barked Birch trees, majestic sculpted black pines, a variety of bushes and other plants create the setting for this shoreline park. Visitors can admire the Fraser River which runs alongside the pathways or enjoy the serene beauty of this traditional dry-pond garden. The village of Steveston and its fleet of six hundred boats as well as the Gulf of Georgia Cannery can also be seen from the bridges and pathways winding through the plant beds.

A cultural experience alluding to Steveston Village's strong ties to Japan and its immigrants, the Kuno Japanese Garden is a place of reflection and beauty at the edge of Richmond.