Friends of Mukai

It remains a priority of the Friends of Mukai to engage and educate the public about the once vibrant pre-wwii japanese farming community that thrived on vashon island, as well as celebrate japanese history and culture through events and historic preservation. Events include day of remembrance, haiku festival, day of exile, japan festival, anime club, movies at the Mukai, ghibli fest and monthly open houses. Friends of Mukai continues to steward the historic Mukai house and japanese garden, believed to be the only pre-wwii strolling garden designed by a woman in the united states. We continue our work to preserve the historic Mukai fruit barreling plant which at its height of production employed 400 pickers and packed 200 tons of strawberries per season. The restoration of this building in an important part of developing the campus into a multi- cultural gathering place to honor vashon's agricultural history and it's growing diverse population.