Sunshine Valley Tashme Museum

08/31/2026

Yesterday, members of the Tashme Museum team had the opportunity to visit the recently unveiled monument at the Japanese Canadian Hastings Park Interpretive Centre.
Nearly 8,000 names have been meticulously laser-cut into steel beams, these names represent the Japanese Canadian community who were forcibly removed from their homes throughout 1942 and confined to the horrific living conditions of the animal livestock buildings at Hastings Park. These facilities served as detention centres while the numerous internment sites, including Tashme, were being constructed.

While the interior of the Interpretive Centre is still under construction and features only temporary displays and conceptual illustrations, the exterior monuments are now open to the public.

We encourage you to take some time to visit this truly significant site and reflect on this history, which is long overdue to be shared and remembered.
www.hastingspark1942.ca

08/28/2026

The Tashme Historical Society, and myself personally, can’t thank the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society (JCLS) enough for their unwavering support.

Thanks to the JCLS’s advocacy and belief in our vision, the museum has become what I always imagined it could be, even when I wasn’t sure how we would ever achieve it.

Here’s a short video presentation from our provincial grand-opening ceremony that took place on May 3rd.

Forever grateful,

Ryan Ellan
Founder/Curator
Sunshine Valley Tashme Museum

On Sunday, May 3, the former site of the largest Japanese Canadian ...

08/25/2026

Here is your chance to come visit us at the Sunshine Valley Tashme Museum! If you are interested, click the link below to sign up for the August 30th tour. Seats are limited!

08/24/2026

Another great weekend here at the Tashme Museum!

Nearly 150 visitors joined us over the weekend, including 36 guests who travelled all the way from Vancouver as part of the inaugural ParkBus tours to the museum.

We’re thrilled to be a partner in this exciting new program with Hope, Cascades & Canyons, helping connect even more people with the history, stories, and the community who once called Tashme home.

Next scheduled tour is August 30th.

Hope, Cascades & Canyons

08/17/2026

What an incredible weekend here at the museum and for the Tashme Museum team.

We’ve broken down the weekend into two highlights:

On Sunday, members of the Tashme Museum team walked on an early ferry to Mayne Island to celebrate the restoration of the Japanese Memorial Garden and the grand-opening of the 'Mayne was Home' exhibit, now open at the historic 1896 Mayne Island Museum.

Attending this opening was a truly special occasion for our team, as one of our own society directors and museum hosts, Lisa, has direct family connections to the Konishi family of Mayne Island.

Congratulations to the Mayne Island Agricultural Society and the Mayne Island Historical Society for all of the hard work on this spectacular project.

It was such a privilege to be part of these celebrations and we encourage everyone to visit both the beautiful Japanese Memorial Garden and the Mayne Island Museum whenever you are in the area.

08/17/2026

What an incredible weekend here at the museum and for the Tashme Museum team.

We’ve broken it down into two highlights:
Part 1 - Saturday, Part 2 - Sunday

Part 1: On Saturday, we had the pleasure of welcoming 30 members of the Shikaze family from Toronto. The Shikaze family spent a few hours with our team for a hosted viewing and walking tour of the valley. It was truly a privilege to share these stories and connect with such a wonderful Tashme family.

08/16/2026

08/10/2026

Another great and busy weekend here at the museum!

We were excited to welcome Shosei, Eito and Sana, who travelled all the way from Mio, (Wakayama) Japan, who are studying the immigrant history connecting Mio and Canada, particularly the Japanese Canadian community in Steveston.

Their visit was especially meaningful to me. I had the opportunity to visit the fascinating Mio-Canada Museum this past March, so it was wonderful to now welcome visitors from Mio here at the Tashme Museum.
We were also treated to a delicious bento lunch. 😋

08/06/2026

A wonderful visit from Theressa Takasaki, Heritage Manager – Archives, Collections & Programming at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto. (JCCC)

It was a pleasure to welcome and to finally meet Theressa in person after countless correspondence over the years.

Thank you for taking the time to visit us, and thank you for the goodies…