
Kaiwo Maru will return to Steveston for first time in nine years for Ships to Shore Festival
Also known as the King of the Sea, the Kaiwo Maru is 361 feet long, stands 182 feet high, and boasts 36 sails totalling 30,000 square feet.

Also known as the King of the Sea, the Kaiwo Maru is 361 feet long, stands 182 feet high, and boasts 36 sails totalling 30,000 square feet.

Bud Sakamoto shows a net bag that Japanese Canadians used to collect nori (seaweed).

The Richmond Maritime Festival takes place in beautiful Steveston on Saturday (August 24) and Sunday (August 25).



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This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.
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