Did you know there is a popular restaurant in Japan named after Penticton?

Chelsea Ishizuka is a born and raised Pentictonite living in Tokyo. When she found out there was a restaurant in Japan named after her home town, she had to check it out.

sa国际传媒淢e and my husband decided to pay a visit to Japansa国际传媒檚 sa国际传媒楶enticton,sa国际传媒檚a国际传媒� Ishizuka posted to a Penticton Facebook. page. sa国际传媒淲e sat down to a delicious sa国际传媒榶aki curry,sa国际传媒� the signature dish of Penticton and asked our server, sa国际传媒渄o you know why this restaurant is called Penticton?sa国际传媒�

It turned out their server was the owner of the restaurant, she wrote.

sa国际传媒淗e rarely serves customers, so the fact that he happened to come to our table was amazing,sa国际传媒� said Ishizuka on Facebook.

sa国际传媒淗e told us he visited Penticton and he loved it there. Because he really liked the meaning of Penticton, he decided to name his restaurant after it: sa国际传媒淎 place to stay forever.sa国际传媒�

The restaurant is located in a small ski village in Liyaman.

Later that evening, the couple dropped in at the local bar and who happened to be there? The owner of sa国际传媒楶entictonsa国际传媒� restaurant, said Ishizuka. She asked to take a picture with him and the rest is history!

Penticton has another connection to Japan.

Ikeda, Japan is Pentictonsa国际传媒檚 sister city and that town and its government helped create the beautiful Japanese Gardens located beside the Penticton Art Gallery.

Penticton has been a sister city with Ikeda, Japan sa国际传媒� located in the Nakagawa District of Tokachi in Hokkaido sa国际传媒� since 1977.

The idea to establish a Japanese garden in Penticton arose during a 1992 visit to Japan. During the Ikeda delegationsa国际传媒檚 visit in 1993, newly elected Mayor Kazuo Oishi presented Penticton with a set of conceptual plans to build a garden. Construction began in February 2003 and the garden is today maintained by a group of volunteers.

The citysa国际传媒檚 Ikeda friends designed and constructed a traditional sign out of old growth walnut wood. It arrived just in time to be installed for the September 2005 dedication ceremony.

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