San Jose Japantown
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Italian Residence
July 27, 2023 by
For most of the history of this early 1900s building at 600 North Third St., it served as the residence of an Italian family. Two Nisei attorneys, Wayne Kanemoto and […] READ MORE
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Wing’s Chinese Restaurant
July 27, 2023 by
Wing Chan was a cook at Ken Ying Low restaurant (625 North Sixth St.) in Heinlenville for many years before purchasing this property at 131 Jackson St. for his own […] READ MORE
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Nichi Bei Bussan
July 27, 2023 by
In 1902, Shojiro Tatsuno opened the first Nichi Bei Bussan in what is now San Francisco’s Chinatown, carrying American goods that catered to the immigrant Japanese population. In 1948 Tatsuno’s […] READ MORE
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George’s Service Center
July 27, 2023 by
The station was designed by Associated Oil Company and constructed between 1932 and 1938 at its current location. Although it no longer offers gasoline, George’s Service Center has provided auto […] READ MORE
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Japanese American Museum of San Jose (JAMsj)
July 27, 2023 by
Established in 1987, the Japanese American Museum of San Jose (JAMsj) began as a 1984-86 research project on Japanese American farmers in the Santa Clara Valley, which led to the […] READ MORE
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Mineta House
July 27, 2023 by
Built in 1929, this was the childhood home of Norman Mineta, the former San Jose mayor, U.S. congressman, and U.S. Secretary of Transportation from 2001-2006, the longest serving Transportation Secretary […] READ MORE
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