Kinoshita Farm 1990 c

In 1955, Sanji Kinoshita moved his family to San Juan Capistrano from Anaheim. The Kinoshita family played a significant role in San Juan Capistrano’s agricultural heritage and history . It was best known for its delicious corn and strawberries, picked daily, and buyers showed up early to buy their produce before they sold out. 

The property was purchased by the city of San Juan Capistrano in 1991 to preserve the agricultural history of the city.  This painting is from a photograph I took shortly before the sale.  The small out buildings are no longer there, but the main house and the large barn on the right still stands.  Farming the land continues and operates today as the “Ecology Center”.