Dennis and Tomoko Okada - Victoria, BC
Posted by: stinger503
N 48° 26.786 W 123° 24.305
10U E 470044 N 5366000
One of many dedicated benches near the Esquimalt Gorge Park Pavilion
Waymark Code: WM16T1F
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 09/29/2022
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This dedicated bench sits in front of the ponds at the Esquimalt Gorge Park Pavilion in Victoria, British Columbia. The bench is dedicated to Dennis and Tomoko Okada.
Dennis lived in Greenwood during the Japanese forced evacuation until 1949 when he moved to Salmon Arm. Dennis passed away in 2013. (
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PLAQUE TEXT:
"And so the spring buds burst, and so I gaze,
And so the blossoms fall, and so my days...
-Uejima Onitsura
Dennis and Tomoko Okada,
eternally together under the cherry blossom trees."