Season begins this weekend for prominent attractions
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LETHBRIDGE – Another sign that the unforgettable winter of 2017-18 is behind us happens this weekend. Two of the most prominent attractions in Lethbridge are opening for the season.
Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden is celebrating opening weekend May 5-6. The traditional garden celebrated its 50th birthday last year with a visit from Japan’s Princess Ayako of Takamado. In November it was designated as a Provincial Heritage Resource.
The garden, located in Henderson Lake Park, is open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily during May and June. For the opening, Saturday, May 5, it will be open until 7 p.m. and include a 5 p.m. screening of the 1984 film “The Karate Kid.” Sunday’s activities will include a performance by the Lethbridge Community Taiko Association.
Also on Sunday, May 6 Fort Whoop-Up opens for the season. The recreation of a 19th-century trading post is now operated by the Galt Museum and Archives. It tells the story of the Lethbridge region as it was from the 1860s to the 1890s.
