This immaculate Japanese Garden was built by locals to commemorate the island's early-20th-century Japanese residents, most of whom were interred in BC's interior during WWII. With its pond, stone lanterns, trees and large bell, it's a meditative place even by easygoing Mayne standards.
Japanese Garden
British Columbia
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