Three or four years ago, Nelson, Cranbrook, and Calgary were very vibrant, but currently, Nelson is not as successful as before; Cranbrook is deserted; and Calgary is not as vibrant. You should be able to imagine generally how they are doing, based on what I wrote about the western-restaurant-on-the-surface-type, which has been at its zenith in Edmonton. Other than this, few are surviving in Fernie, Holmer, Blairmore and Macleod. These phenomena are very positive indications, but what about Revelstoke, Golden or Kamloops, and Vernon, places west of the Rocky Mountains but not including Nelson and Cranbrook? Before I offer a general description of current situations of these places, it might be convenient to recall how they were three or four years ago as points of comparison.
In the old days, caves in Golden were dominated by a devil called Hatori; in Revelstoke, someone called Kudō was well known at one point. In Kamloops, Ōmori and his wife who was called Oshizu were famous. In Vernon, someone called Yokota was influential for a while, and he once had Masa Higuchi, a sister of a devil called Toramatsu Motegi, and Ohana, a daughter of something-Kataoka. However, his cave went to ruin after regulations became stricter in the town. He had no choice but to move inwards to Okanagan Landing and Kelowna along CPR branch line, but he was not successful as the economy there was also not good. He changed his direction and moved backwards to Sicamous and Vancouver, and then left again to Ashcroft. As such history tells us, many movements happened. Let me stop listing old things up as too much of it would become redundant, and now move on to the current situations, although these stories are nothing more appreciable any way.